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Two 13-year-old boys crashed London buses on joyride after night-time raid on depot
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00:00Two 13-year-old boys crashed two different London buses after managing to steal them
00:05from inside a depot. Stratford Youth Court heard the teenagers went on a joyride in a
00:10D3 single-decker bus which they stole from the Henley Road garage in Silvertown, East London.
00:15The chaotic 3am ride, captured by cameras inside the driver's cab, ended when one of the boys
00:21crashed the bus into two parked cars and the boys fled. But the court heard the boys returned to
00:25the same garage less than four hours later to steal a double-decker bus. The incident raised
00:31concerning questions about the security of London's transport depots as well as the ease by which the
00:36school boys took control of the two buses. Both boys pleaded guilty to the charges which included
00:42taking a vehicle without consent as well as driving without insurance or a license. They're due to be
00:47sentence in October.

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