Get your news delivered straight to you by 7am - sign up to our new Morning Mail newsletter for FREEBy ELEANOR MANN Published: 00:20 BST, 20 May 2026 | Updated: 00:31 BST, 20 May 2026
A man who scoffed a takeaway off a police car parked outside a police station before ripping off its wing mirror has been fined. Adam Bachir-Belmehdi, 21, was convicted of causing criminal damage after he was caught on CCTV outside London's Bishopsgate Police Station in the early hours of May 3. CCTV footage showed Bachir-Belmehdi, of McGrath Road, Stratford, approaching the police car and laying across the bonnet and windscreen, as his friend took photos of him. He then proceeded to put his takeaway meal on the car's bonnet and started eating it, before kicking the side of the vehicle and wing mirror twice. After kicking the vehicle, he carried on causing damage by ripping the wing mirror from the car, police said. Two police officers witnessed the act and chased after him, as Bachir-Belmehdi fled the scene with his friend and left the takeaway box littering the police vehicle. The incident was captured on CCTV, which was fed into the City of London Police control room, and officers were on the scene within seconds from him beginning to carry out the damage. As a result of the act, City of London Police had a marked vehicle off the road for five days. Adam Bachir-Belmehdi was caught on CCTV kicking a marked police car on CCTV outside a police station The incident was captured on CCTV, which was fed into the City of London Police control room, and officers were on the scene within seconds from him beginning to carry out the damageAt Westminster Magistrates Court on Monday, Bachir-Belmehdi was ordered to pay £200 in compensation, a £480 fine, £85 costs to the CPS and a £192 surcharge.Police Constable Oliver Gage, who attended the incident, said: 'Bachir-Belmehdi's actions were completely unnecessary and it's incredibly childish behaviour. 'As a result of his actions, officers were without one of our vehicles for a number of days. 'We do not tolerate this sort of behaviour in the City of London and we want to make it clear that anyone who behaves in this manner will face justice.' The Force added: 'The City's CCTV network remains one of the most advanced policing assets in the country, allowing officers and control room staff to track suspects in real time, direct resources immediately and protect businesses, workers and the public.' The City of London Police is responsible for policing the City's business district, the Square Mile, in the historical centre of London.
