[null, {"document_url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/boy-12-steals-parents-credit-card-and-flies-to-bali-1.3472726", "unformatted_src": "/polopoly_fs/1.3472724.1524577350!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_300_160/image.jpg", "src": "https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3472724.1524577350!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_300_160/image.jpg", "formatted_filename": "image", "alt_text": "A beach in Bali, Indonesia. File photograph: Getty Images", "rendered_width": 620, "rendered_height": 330}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/boy-12-steals-parents-credit-card-and-flies-to-bali-1.3472726", "unformatted_src": "/polopoly_fs/1.3736878.1545231749!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_140/image.jpg", "src": "https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3736878.1545231749!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_140/image.jpg", "formatted_filename": "image", "alt_text": "The scene on Tuesday at the house in Strokestown, Co Roscommon, which was the centre of then eviction. Photograph: Brian Farrell", "rendered_width": 140, "rendered_height": 79}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/boy-12-steals-parents-credit-card-and-flies-to-bali-1.3472726", "unformatted_src": "/polopoly_fs/1.3736593.1545211499!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_140/image.jpg", "src": "https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3736593.1545211499!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_140/image.jpg", "formatted_filename": "image", "rendered_width": 140, "rendered_height": 79}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/boy-12-steals-parents-credit-card-and-flies-to-bali-1.3472726", "unformatted_src": "/polopoly_fs/1.3736882.1545227174!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_140/image.jpg", "src": "https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3736882.1545227174!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_140/image.jpg", "formatted_filename": "image", "alt_text": "Dublin manager Jim Gavin has extended his contract with the county until 2021. Photo: Oisin Keniry/Inpho", "rendered_width": 140, "rendered_height": 79}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/boy-12-steals-parents-credit-card-and-flies-to-bali-1.3472726", "unformatted_src": "/polopoly_fs/1.3736805.1545223251!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_140/image.jpg", "src": "https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3736805.1545223251!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_140/image.jpg", "formatted_filename": "image", "alt_text": "Kevin \u00e2\u0080\u009cBoxer\u00e2\u0080\u009d Moran admitted he was livid about the matter, \u00e2\u0080\u009cand I made that clear to Shane last week\u00e2\u0080\u009d.", "rendered_width": 140, "rendered_height": 79}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/boy-12-steals-parents-credit-card-and-flies-to-bali-1.3472726", "unformatted_src": "/polopoly_fs/1.3734166.1545058068!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_140/image.jpg", "src": "https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3734166.1545058068!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_140/image.jpg", "formatted_filename": "image", "alt_text": "Microsoft", "rendered_width": 140, "rendered_height": 79}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/boy-12-steals-parents-credit-card-and-flies-to-bali-1.3472726", "unformatted_src": "/polopoly_fs/1.3734532.1545069639!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_140/image.jpg", "src": "https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3734532.1545069639!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_140/image.jpg", "formatted_filename": "image", "alt_text": " Derek and Graham Ryan, with their colleague Philomena Morgan", "rendered_width": 140, "rendered_height": 79}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/boy-12-steals-parents-credit-card-and-flies-to-bali-1.3472726", "unformatted_src": "/polopoly_fs/1.3727336.1544620523!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_140/image.jpg", "src": "https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3727336.1544620523!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_140/image.jpg", "formatted_filename": "image", "alt_text": "Mary Spillett, Elaine McDonnell the Christmas Coach, and Adrian Spillett in the grounds of UCC in Cork. Photograph: Clare Keogh", "rendered_width": 140, "rendered_height": 79}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/boy-12-steals-parents-credit-card-and-flies-to-bali-1.3472726", "unformatted_src": "/polopoly_fs/1.3726483.1544459996!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_140/image.jpg", "src": "https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3726483.1544459996!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_140/image.jpg", "formatted_filename": "image", "alt_text": "20x20", "rendered_width": 140, "rendered_height": 79}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/boy-12-steals-parents-credit-card-and-flies-to-bali-1.3472726", "unformatted_src": "/polopoly_fs/1.3714433.1543484959!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg", "src": "https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3714433.1543484959!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg", "formatted_filename": "image", "alt_text": "Ads for razors, gift sets and shaving creams have been published in \u00e2\u0080\u0098The Irish Times\u00e2\u0080\u0099 since the very first issues", "rendered_width": 140, "rendered_height": 79}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/boy-12-steals-parents-credit-card-and-flies-to-bali-1.3472726", "unformatted_src": "/polopoly_fs/1.3707021.1542897351!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg", "src": "https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3707021.1542897351!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg", "formatted_filename": "image", "alt_text": "The front page of The Irish Times on November 23rd, 1963", "rendered_width": 140, "rendered_height": 79}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/boy-12-steals-parents-credit-card-and-flies-to-bali-1.3472726", "unformatted_src": "/polopoly_fs/1.3701890.1542538570!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg", "src": "https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3701890.1542538570!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg", "formatted_filename": "image", "alt_text": "\u00e2\u0080\u009cThe leader of the mob demanded a parley\u00e2\u0080\u009d. Illustration: The Irish Times", "rendered_width": 140, "rendered_height": 79}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/boy-12-steals-parents-credit-card-and-flies-to-bali-1.3472726", "unformatted_src": "/polopoly_fs/1.3374061.1517332986!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg", "src": "https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3374061.1517332986!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg", "formatted_filename": "image", "alt_text": "Prussia Street in the 1970s. Photograph: Pat Langan", "rendered_width": 140, "rendered_height": 79}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/boy-12-steals-parents-credit-card-and-flies-to-bali-1.3472726", "unformatted_src": "/polopoly_fs/1.3679504.1540808430!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg", "src": "https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3679504.1540808430!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg", "formatted_filename": "image", "alt_text": "When John Sullivan woke up, he had some questions to answer. Illustration: iStock", "rendered_width": 140, "rendered_height": 79}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/boy-12-steals-parents-credit-card-and-flies-to-bali-1.3472726", "unformatted_src": "/polopoly_fs/1.3728616.1544606048!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg", "src": "https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3728616.1544606048!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg", "formatted_filename": "image", "alt_text": "British prime minister Theresa May is facing a leadership challenge. Photograph: EPA/JULIEN WARNAND", "rendered_width": 140, "rendered_height": 79}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/boy-12-steals-parents-credit-card-and-flies-to-bali-1.3472726", "unformatted_src": "/polopoly_fs/1.3715021.1543514058!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg", "src": "https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3715021.1543514058!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg", "formatted_filename": "image", "alt_text": " Caiseal Mara hotel in Moville, Co Donegal, which was s subjected to an arson attack last weekend ahead of the arrival over the coming weeks of 100 asylum seekers. Photograph: North West Newspix", "rendered_width": 140, "rendered_height": 79}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/boy-12-steals-parents-credit-card-and-flies-to-bali-1.3472726", "unformatted_src": "/polopoly_fs/1.3708117.1542981789!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg", "src": "https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3708117.1542981789!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg", "formatted_filename": "image", "alt_text": "Leona O\u00e2\u0080\u0099Callaghan: Those were \u00e2\u0080\u009cfour years of my life that I won\u00e2\u0080\u0099t get back, where my kids didn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t have a mum, where I was in and out of hospital.\u00e2\u0080\u009d Photograph: Laura Hutton/Collins Photo Agency", "rendered_width": 140, "rendered_height": 79}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/boy-12-steals-parents-credit-card-and-flies-to-bali-1.3472726", "unformatted_src": "/polopoly_fs/1.3736874.1545226552!/image/image.png_gen/derivatives/box_140/image.png", "src": "https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3736874.1545226552!/image/image.png_gen/derivatives/box_140/image.png", "formatted_filename": "image", "alt_text": "Corbyn accused of calling May a 'stupid woman' in House of Commons"}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/boy-12-steals-parents-credit-card-and-flies-to-bali-1.3472726", "unformatted_src": "/polopoly_fs/1.3735483.1545139497!/image/image.png_gen/derivatives/box_140/image.png", "src": "https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3735483.1545139497!/image/image.png_gen/derivatives/box_140/image.png", "formatted_filename": "image", "alt_text": "British coastguard transfer harbour pilot onto grounded Russian cargo ship"}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/boy-12-steals-parents-credit-card-and-flies-to-bali-1.3472726", "unformatted_src": "/polopoly_fs/1.3735364.1545134916!/image/image.png_gen/derivatives/box_140/image.png", "src": "https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3735364.1545134916!/image/image.png_gen/derivatives/box_140/image.png", "formatted_filename": "image", "alt_text": "Xi Jinping hails China as 'a miracle in mankind\u00e2\u0080\u0099s fight against poverty'"}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/boy-12-steals-parents-credit-card-and-flies-to-bali-1.3472726", "unformatted_src": "/polopoly_fs/1.3735176.1545180270!/image/image.png_gen/derivatives/box_140/image.png", "src": "https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3735176.1545180270!/image/image.png_gen/derivatives/box_140/image.png", "formatted_filename": "image", "alt_text": "Eyewitness footage captures Hungarian MPs being ejected from TV building"}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/boy-12-steals-parents-credit-card-and-flies-to-bali-1.3472726", "unformatted_src": "/polopoly_fs/1.3734694.1545083040!/image/image.png_gen/derivatives/box_140/image.png", "src": "https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3734694.1545083040!/image/image.png_gen/derivatives/box_140/image.png", "formatted_filename": "image", "alt_text": "CCTV shows \u00e2\u0080\u0098brutal\u00e2\u0080\u0099 loyalist paramilitary assault"}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/boy-12-steals-parents-credit-card-and-flies-to-bali-1.3472726", "unformatted_src": "/polopoly_fs/1.3736054.1545159377!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_300_160/image.jpg", "src": "https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3736054.1545159377!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_300_160/image.jpg", "formatted_filename": "image", "alt_text": "A STAR IS BORN: An excited Arabella Daly (6), from Gaelscoil Osrai, Kilkenny, spots her parents in the audience during the school Nativity play. Photograph: Pat Moore\n", "rendered_width": 300, "rendered_height": 160}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/boy-12-steals-parents-credit-card-and-flies-to-bali-1.3472726", "unformatted_src": "/polopoly_fs/1.3734611.1545073657!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_300_160/image.jpg", "src": "https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3734611.1545073657!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_300_160/image.jpg", "formatted_filename": "image", "alt_text": "TENSIONS HIGH: Five out of six vehicles which were burnt out outside a house in Strokestown, Co Roscommon, amid a violent raid by masked men after an eviction at the house last week. Photograph: Brian Farrell\n", "rendered_width": 300, "rendered_height": 160}, null]


Boy (12) steals parents’ credit card and flies to Bali

Australian child successfully absconds to Indonesia after a family argument

Tue, Apr 24, 2018, 14:42 A beach in Bali, Indonesia. File photograph: Getty Images

A 12-year-old Sydney boy stole his parentsâ credit card, tricked his grandmother into giving him his passport and flew to Bali on his own after a family argument.

The boy, given the pseudonym Drew by Australian TV show A Current Affair, was told he couldnât go to Bali by his mother, but managed to book himself flights there and a hotel room, and to depart Australia unimpeded.

He was only quizzed once, at Perth airport, when staff asked him for identification to prove he was over 12.

âThey just asked for my student ID and passport to prove that Iâm over 12 and that Iâm in secondary school,â he told A Current Affair. âIt was great because I wanted to go on an adventure.â

In Bali, he checked in to the All Seasons Hotel, telling staff he was waiting for his sister to arrive.

After his school reported he was absent, his family scrambled to find out where he was. Discovering he was in Bali, his mother, Emma, flew there to collect him.

Emma said the boy doesnât like hearing the word ânoâ.

âShocked, disgusted â thereâs no emotion . . . [for] what we felt when we found he left overseas,â she told A Current Affair. â Guardian service


