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Michael of Sydney 9:43am today Let's see how it feels when your home is threatened and you've got 500 morons on the loose. Not to mention if your children/pets are frightened. You moron.It's time for a solid crackdown. Caught in underage drinking?Bam - $5000 fine. That might deter you from trying it again. There's a reason these laws exist, they're not there for entertainment purposes.This kid has no remorse - he's just petrified of being thrown on his ass and kicked out of home at 16. Where would he host his next party?

Posted by: dd 10:04am today

what an absolute loser. look at them all....they are all metro gay freaks. Kids these days need a good slap in the face. they have no respect for anyone. not even themselves. if i was his parents i would disown him. anyone who thinks this is "cool" and they are "hot" need some growing up to do.

Posted by: Nicole of perth 10:04am today

To all the people who say 'he made a stupid mistake, he's a teenager' etc....yes this is true, the dissapointing part is of course that he has no remorse for his actions, and anyone who saw his interview last night on channel nine would see what a loser he is. He even offered to host another party. What a tool.

Posted by: BM of Sydney 10:03am today

Michael of Sydney comm 149 - so true mate. we all love to have a finger wag as long as its not at the man in the mirror. gotta love selective ethics...

Posted by: Moff 10:03am today

There should be some kind of consequence, if this familyare made to reimburse the $20 000 in costs then I would like to see criminals treated the same and made to pay back for the cost of the investigation leading to their arrest.

Posted by: Ros Wisby of Hobart 10:01am today
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  • Party teen`s parents `disgusted` over drunken rampage
  • Corey refusing to take their phonecalls
  • Police haven`t ruled out criminal charges over party

THE parents of a teenager who hosted a wild and boozy house party could be hit with a $20,000 bill from police - and they have vowed to discipline him.

Victoria`s Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon warned that Corey`s parents, Jo and Stephen Delaney,  could be made to pay for their son`s mistake.

"I have certainly called for a report to look at the costs involved and whether there is a way to recoup our cost, particularly around police vehicles being damaged," Ms Nixon said.

Mr and Ms Delaney cut short their Gold Coast holiday yesterday to confront their son.

The couple were livid that Corey betrayed their trust by throwing a party at their Narre Warren home that spun out of control when a rioting mob of up to 500 youths pelted officers with rocks and bottles, and smashed police cars.

"We`re absolutely disgusted that he could do this, not only to us but to our neighbourhood," Ms Delaney said.

"We organised for him to stay with a friend – not at our home – and obviously Corey`s gone behind our backs and decided somewhere along the line to throw a party."

Haven`t spoken

Mr Delaney said he was so angry he had barely spoken to Corey, his stepson, who posted an open invitation to the party on MySpace.

"He won`t speak to us and you can understand why, because I think he knows what`s coming," Mr Delaney said.

"We`ve had a lot of family and friends trying to talk to him to make him understand what he`s done. He seems very blase about it.

"He`s got to start to show some remorse. We`re a family that`s extremely upset."

Corey planned to dodge his parents for as long as possible.

"I don`t answer their calls, I just hang up. When they get home, I`m not going to be home."

Sorry

But later, he told the Herald Sun he was sorry for the damage caused to neighbouring homes.

"I do feel sorry for everyone in the area," Corey said.

"It was really unfair what happened to them and that people were throwing bottles and breaking stuff. I`m sorry that it all happened."

Ms Nixon lectured the Delaneys for leaving Corey unsupervised.

"When all else fails, you are their parent, not their best mate."

But Corey said he didn`t think his family should pay the police bill.

Corey said police in bullet-proof vests told the partygoers inside the Galloway Drive home not to leave the house as hundreds of drunken teens rampaged outside.

"There was nothing I could do to stop the people outside," he said.

"If it was on my property or in my house, I`d have stopped it.

"But because it was up the street and the cops made us stay inside, forced us to stay inside and locked the door on us, we weren`t allowed out.

"We did everything they told us to do."

After speaking to his mother by phone, Corey said: "She wanted to know first thing if the house was all right and if the animals were all right, that they didn`t get away.

"She said, `All your mates and you have made a fool of yourself`."

Corey said he knew only 100 of the 500 youths who turned up.

Police have spoken to Corey`s father, who lives in China.

Mr Delaney said the speed news of a teen party could spread on the net was frightening.

"It`s scary, it`s a major problem," he said.

Police had to call for back-up, including the dog squad and the police helicopter, in a response Ms Nixon estimated at $20,000.

"I was shocked and appalled by their reaction and disturbed that my members had to deal with such a volatile situation in a quiet suburban street," she said.

"These were 16-year-olds, with no supervision and access to large quantities of alcohol – a recipe for disaster."

Criminal charges posssible

Ms Nixon warned criminal charges could follow.

"We`re still investigating the matter," she said.

Ms Nixon said about 21 per cent of the population was aged 10 to 24 but half of all offenders processed by police were in that age group.

She said Victoria Police was chairing a high-level taskforce trying to tackle the state`s youth crime wave.

Ms Nixon said rehabilitation and education was vital, suggesting a curfew would be hard to enforce.

"I think they`re very hard to police. They take large amounts of resources," she said.

"I think in different parts of the world it`s the answer but I come back to the idea that it`s the responsibility of parents to know where their kids are."

Child Safety Commissioner Bernie Geary, who last month slammed parents for serving their kids alcohol, said 16-year-olds should not be left home alone.

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Michael of Sydney 9:43am today Let's see how it feels when your home is threatened and you've got 500 morons on the loose. Not to mention if your children/pets are frightened. You moron.It's time for a solid crackdown. Caught in underage drinking?Bam - $5000 fine. That might deter you from trying it again. There's a reason these laws exist, they're not there for entertainment purposes.This kid has no remorse - he's just petrified of being thrown on his ass and kicked out of home at 16. Where would he host his next party?

Posted by: dd 10:04am today

what an absolute loser. look at them all....they are all metro gay freaks. Kids these days need a good slap in the face. they have no respect for anyone. not even themselves. if i was his parents i would disown him. anyone who thinks this is "cool" and they are "hot" need some growing up to do.

Posted by: Nicole of perth 10:04am today

To all the people who say 'he made a stupid mistake, he's a teenager' etc....yes this is true, the dissapointing part is of course that he has no remorse for his actions, and anyone who saw his interview last night on channel nine would see what a loser he is. He even offered to host another party. What a tool.

Posted by: BM of Sydney 10:03am today

Michael of Sydney comm 149 - so true mate. we all love to have a finger wag as long as its not at the man in the mirror. gotta love selective ethics...

Posted by: Moff 10:03am today

There should be some kind of consequence, if this familyare made to reimburse the $20 000 in costs then I would like to see criminals treated the same and made to pay back for the cost of the investigation leading to their arrest.

Posted by: Ros Wisby of Hobart 10:01am today
Read all 179 comments

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