Price on car vandals' heads
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Price on car vandals' heads
by our news team
Police today put a bounty on the heads of villains who wrecked six vehicles in an early-morning vandalism spree in Brighton and Hove.
An elderly couple saw their two cars and caravan destroyed by flames.
Inspector Steve Curry said: "I intend using every means at my disposal to hunt these people down and to bring them to justice. What they did was despicable."
Mr Curry said Sussex Police and Norwich Union had teamed up to offer £750 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.
Mr Curry said: "I want them, and others like them, to know we will not tolerate this kind of mindless vandalism.
"Nothing will give me greater pleasure than to give this money away."
Three vehicles were sent hurtling down steep hills during the spree. They smashed into a road sign, tree and wall. One ended up dangling over an embankment, yards from a railway line.
The worst attack happened in Colebrook Road, Withdean, where the caravan and two cars were destroyed. One car, a Vauxhall Astra, was three weeks old.
The owners, Hazel Lickfold, 75, and her husband Doug, 80, were woken by explosions at 6am.
Mrs Lickfold said: "We saw this bright light and looked outside. A big tree right next to our house had burst into flames."
In the same road, the window of a Citroen Xsara Picasso people carrier was smashed and the handbrake was let off. The vehicle rolled down the road and crashed into a signpost.
Another vehicle crashed into a tree close to the railway line in Withdean Road and another slammed into a wall in Woodside Avenue, near Preston Park station.
by our news team
Police today put a bounty on the heads of villains who wrecked six vehicles in an early-morning vandalism spree in Brighton and Hove.
An elderly couple saw their two cars and caravan destroyed by flames.
Inspector Steve Curry said: "I intend using every means at my disposal to hunt these people down and to bring them to justice. What they did was despicable."
Mr Curry said Sussex Police and Norwich Union had teamed up to offer £750 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.
Mr Curry said: "I want them, and others like them, to know we will not tolerate this kind of mindless vandalism.
"Nothing will give me greater pleasure than to give this money away."
Three vehicles were sent hurtling down steep hills during the spree. They smashed into a road sign, tree and wall. One ended up dangling over an embankment, yards from a railway line.
The worst attack happened in Colebrook Road, Withdean, where the caravan and two cars were destroyed. One car, a Vauxhall Astra, was three weeks old.
The owners, Hazel Lickfold, 75, and her husband Doug, 80, were woken by explosions at 6am.
Mrs Lickfold said: "We saw this bright light and looked outside. A big tree right next to our house had burst into flames."
In the same road, the window of a Citroen Xsara Picasso people carrier was smashed and the handbrake was let off. The vehicle rolled down the road and crashed into a signpost.
Another vehicle crashed into a tree close to the railway line in Withdean Road and another slammed into a wall in Woodside Avenue, near Preston Park station.
Look I know these type of people. I have worked with them and understand their frustrations with society, their need for reckless vandalism and total disregard for other humans. We have to reach out to them, offer a helping hand and then cut their g??lies off to teach them that actions have consequences. It's hard to put 2 fingers up when your clutching your crutch.
Or as Ken Dodd would say "what a lovely day for double de-crutching"
>> Edited by ciderfrenzy on Tuesday 11th March 13:32
Or as Ken Dodd would say "what a lovely day for double de-crutching"
>> Edited by ciderfrenzy on Tuesday 11th March 13:32
interesting isn't it, £750 for blowing someones pride and joy up and £2000 for blowing a scamera up. Kinda suggests where the sense of priorities lie.
And before anyone mentions the safety implications of using explosives over torching a car, I've seen what a tankful of petrol does when set alight.
>> Edited by apache on Tuesday 11th March 14:56
And before anyone mentions the safety implications of using explosives over torching a car, I've seen what a tankful of petrol does when set alight.
>> Edited by apache on Tuesday 11th March 14:56
Scum, bloody scum.
Whats all this fine talk about?
A fine?
Prison is more appropiate for people that go around setting fire to other peoples cars. Let Big Barry sort them out I say.
Anyway, £750 is not enough is it?
Thats only 12.5 speeding tickets earned by a helpful GATSO by my calculating.
Maybe if the money from the scameras was instead used for bounties on the scroates heads. Now that would be fun
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