Caught on CCTV: Three sought after fire causes £5k damage to Compton Hospice shop
These are the three youths police would like to speak to after a fire wrecked a Compton Hospice shop, causing £5,000 worth of damage.
Two empty pallets were destroyed after being set alight at the store on Wednesfield High Street at around 4.15am on August 16 and other stock had to be thrown away after being wrecked by smoke and water.
Sergeant Jon Friedl, from Wolverhampton Police, said: "We would ask any witness or anyone with information about what happened to contact us and I also want to appeal directly to those responsible to come forward and take responsibility for their actions which have caused much grief and heartache to one of our local charities."
The arson attack took place just three months after thieves tore lead from the roof of the Lymphoedema Treatment Centre at the hospice's Cedars site on Compton Road West, which treats around 200 adults per week.
They also took tools from sheds and catalytic converters from a fleet of shop delivery vans leaving the charity that survives on donations with a £20,000 repair bill.
Compton Hospice general manager Paul Carter said: "I cannot believe we have been ruthlessly targeted again. It is like taking two steps forward and three back all the time. To say I am frustrated would not really do it justice."
