article_snippet.sent: Arthur Townsend, who lives in a care home in Epping, Essex, poured the product over a Mercedes Sprinter belonging to Martin Carter - the son of a female friend's son friend Olive Carter, 96.
article_snippet.sent: The retired antiques restorer was given a lift in a car to Mr Carter’s address where The retired antiques restorer dumped the brown-coloured paint stripper on a van owned by a female friend's son, causing more than £2,000 of damage.
article_snippet.sent: Remi Alabi, prosecuting, said: ‘On December 18 last year, Care home resident Arthur Townsend asked a friend if a friend could drive a friend to a local address. '
article_snippet.sent: When Care home resident Arthur Townsend got into the car a friend saw a jar containing a brown liquid.
article_snippet.sent: When a friend parked 40 yards away, a friend saw Care home resident Arthur Townsend in a friend rear-view mirror and Care home resident Arthur Townsend was emptying a jar of brown liquid onto the front of a van owned by a female friend's son.
article_snippet.sent: The court heard the damage to a van owned by a female friend's son totalled £2,190.
article_snippet.sent: A file picture of a Mercedes Sprinter van - the model of vehicle that was damaged by Care home resident Arthur Townsend .
highlights_snippet.sent: Care home resident Arthur Townsend poured it over Mercedes Sprinter .
  