Criminal Law

A man had a neighbour who owned a football autographed by Lionel Messi and the entire 2015 UEFA Champions League Barcelona team. The man asked if he could show the ball to some visiting friends. The neighbour agreed on the condition that the man kept the football in its display case, which the man agreed to do. However, the man secretly planned to use the ball with his son in their backyard. While playing, the son kicked the ball over the fence and into the garden of a dog owner. The dog owner's greyhound punctured the ball, as it had done with the previous five footballs that the man's son had kicked into their yard. When the neighbour learned what happened to the ball, he contacted the police.

What potential criminal charge could the prosecution pursue to obtain a conviction in this case?

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