Anti-capitalist tyre slasher given chance to avoid prison

A man who was one of a group of three that slashed 128 tyres because of “some sort of complaint they had about capitalism” has been give a chance to avoid prison by coming up with compensation and getting into a college course..

Michael Somers (aged 23) of St. Catherines Foyer, Marrowbone Lane, Dublin 8, caused €22,314 worth of damage to the vehicles the group targeted that night. He later told gardaí that they only selected vehicles that were registered after 2003.