Tyre slasher gets 18 weeks

A homeless man slashed police car tyres weeks after he was let out of jail for attacking a rail passenger with a knife. Gareth Craig, 53, took his blade to two cars parked outside Charing Cross police station on 4 January this year. The Liverpudlian walked into the police station and admitted the offences but gave no reason for why he did it, Southwark Crown Court heard. Craig had recently been released from prison after being sentenced to eight months…