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Vandals target cars in same streets twice
Sunday 29th August 2010, 10:30AM BST.
This car was among those badly vandalised in Pendeford, Wolverhampton
Yobs have targeted the same cars in two streets by spraying them with paint and slashing their tyres – for the second time in a month.
Seven cars along Hambledon Close and Emsworth Crescent in Pendeford, Wolverhampton, had black paint sprawled along doors, bonnets and even registration plates.
Some of the vehicles, which were also damaged in the previous attack, had their tyres slashed. The front of a house on Emsworth Crescent was also sprayed with paint.
- Click on the gallery to the right for more images of the vandalised cars
The Express & Star reported on July 27 about a hooded vandal who was caught on CCTV slashing tyres of up to 10 cars during a wrecking spree in the same two streets.
Angry residents say they are sick of the car vandals.
Hannah Wells, who lives in Emsworth Crescent, had her car sprayed with black paint and three tyres slashed as it sat on her drive.
The 31-year-old school administrator said: “I can’t believe this has happened again. I’ve had three tyres slashed and paint sprayed across my registration plate.
“They did the same thing last month. The paint won’t come off and I’m going to have to buy new tyres which could cost me about £200.”
Learner driver and Wolverhampton College student Christine Pugh, aged 18, who had her tyres cut last time woke up to find the same had happened again.
Miss Pugh, of Hambledon Close, said: “I think it’s the same person doing this every time.
“They are targeting the same cars.”
Police are appealing for information about the incident, which happened between 9.30pm on Thursday night and 3.30am on Friday morning.
Sergeant Mark Platt, from Oxley neighbourhood policing team, added: “It is not known why a further series of incidents have occurred in these two streets only a month after they were targeted.
“We are increasing patrols in the area in a bid to re-assure residents as well as prevent further incidents.”
Officers are currently trawling through CCTV footage and carrying out house to house enquiries in an attempt to catch whoever is responsible.
Anyone with any information should call Wolverhampton Police on 0345 1135000.
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Once again, yet another case to add to all the hundreds of others, of car vandalism by mindless bored idiots with nothing better to do. Problem is, tell the police, they waste hours running around trying to apprehend the people doing it, and then, they go to court (if they are not just given a warning) and surprise, surprise, the judge just gives them another warning! absolutely a waste of time, the criminals will always win because our justice system is simply a joke. The honest British public always lose both ways,their cars are vandalised time and again, and then their taxes are being spent on a useless justice system allowing criminals carte blanche to carry on offending, but always remember, as it keeps saying on the side of our police cars “crime is falling”!!!
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Film them and post it on a popular video hosting site. Last time I looked you got the legal right to film a public space. They culprit(s) obviously have a lot of time on their hands. Cowards.
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You may not have a legal right to film in a public place. See http://photographernotaterrorist.org/ There are several cases of the police stopping and searching photographers.
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Trog the police can easily stop and search people taking photographs but seem totally unable to apprehend the real criminals
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Which begs the question, how was the person able to film cat lady on the street and put on a video hosting site? Camera was obviously not trained onto private property, and any activity outside this property could end up being viewed by many. Surprised the owner can get away with it when there has been much made of cctv being erected in B’ham.
If filmed on private property there should not be a problem!
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I assume these lame brains will only obtain “A” in their exams instead of “A*”
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First thing is give the police the powers to catch them and then prosecute rather than hand-cuffing our police.
12 months hard labour for this scum.
And to pay back the costs of all the damage – no matter how long it takes.
But no doubt they will get :
> 1 month comunity service
> a slap on wrists
> a week on a team building holiday
> to top it all their identities protected
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Ummmm, we all have the right to film whatever and whenever we like in PUBLIC!
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If these are the same cars being vandalised then why are those particular people being targeted and no one else?
Anyway,don’t worry,the government are going to start cutting social security benefits shortly and then they won’t have time to carry on like this as they will be too busy huntng for food and sqaulling that they don’t have any money to pay the rent.
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What’s social security got to do with anything? Such factually flawed arguments have no place in any government, and this government would be foolish to treat it’s electorate with such arrogant disregard.
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The Police probably know who this joker is but won’t arrest his backside for fear of jeopardising a “larger operation”, roughly translated as “we can’t be arsed”
Wake up and do your bloody job, Plod – where’s your pride??
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