Identifying a car vandal
Identifying a car vandal
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Thursday 29th August 2013
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The short background is a couple of incidences that I would like to see nipped in the bud. Given the cars and their owners' profiles I can rule out any personal motive and some of what's known about the perpetrators(s) is that they are young, not some twisted old sod with a hang up about parking. The cars damaged implies a knowledge/interest/jealousy about a certain type of vehicle. Unsurprisingly the attacks happen at night, but not the dead of night.

Most damage is of the denting variety, from kicking to running on cars, so not the quietest of activities but you can draw your own conclusions about that. Any other damage would be useful to know about. The Police are aware but obviously have to react and hope to eventually detect the perpetrators by a chance case of catching them red handed or through some other means such as prints, depending if they are on any database of course. I'd simply like to help by using my own time and the knowledge of any other people who can assist, like forum members.

Another thing about the perpetrators is that there is evidence that they largely travel about on foot so I am particularly interested in learning about and making contact with owners who have suffered damage, or people that know about any incidents in a quite specific area. It can most easily be described as within a two mile radius of postcode BN12 5AR but it doesn't centre on that postcode. See here:

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?oe=utf-8&client...

Some likely suspects certainly reside within that radius but that's a known fact and doesn't help to narrow things down at all. I'm interested in whether there's any geographical pattern or route to be identified as I think it's unlikely the perpetrators go out for a random stroll and throw in a bit of vandalism en route.

Please send details of any specific incidents or other specific information by email but feel free to post any general thoughts on this thread. Any offers of assistance would be most welcome.

Please note this isn't a vigilante thread. I simply want to point the Police in the right direction and save them some time (I have all the time in the world) if I can and given what we all think about car vandals, I thought it might also be attractive to the PH collective. I'll update you all if this goes anywhere.