'Despicable' - Buildings and cars have windows smashed in Newport attacks
Two buildings and five cars had their windows smashed in a spree of vandalism attacks in Newport.
The first attack was reported to police at approximately 8.40pm on Wednesday night after residents heard the sound of glass breaking at the old Royal Victoria Hotel on St Mary's Street.
It appeared a traffic cone had been thrown at a double glazed window, breaking the outer pane of glass.
Shortly afterwards, a resident called police having witnessed two males, described as being in their mid-teens, break the windows on a Renault Clio car parked on the car park opposite Cosy Hall on Water Lane, but they had disappeared by the time officers arrived at the scene.
It was also discovered that another window had been broken at the nearby Cosy Hall building itself.
On Water Lane at the car park near to the children's play area, a Vauxhall Corsa and a Suzuki Alto also both had their rear windscreens smashed and the door mirrors were broken off the Vauxhall Corsa.
The offenders then appear to have made their way to the Barnmeadow Road area where at around 11pm a Blue BMW was attacked on the car park near Shuker field, again with the rear windscreen being smashed and body panels dented.
On this occasion the owner was alerted by the car alarm sounding and saw two males running off towards Meadow Road.
Once on Meadow Road, a blue Nissan X-Trail has been targeted and the front windscreen of that vehicle was also smashed.
PC Lee Thomas from the Newport Safer Neighbourhood Team said: "This is clearly a despicable set of crimes which have caused untold inconvenience to a number of victims.
"Our team has been out today conducting enquiries in the areas where the attacks have taken place and looking for clues and witnesses.
"We have identified that various people saw two or three teenage males acting suspiciously in the relevant locations and we would appeal to anyone who knows anything about these further attacks to get in touch with Telford Police on the 101 number, or to come and speak with our team where we can liaise with the investigating officers."
He added: "We are aware that four young males were stopped by officers whilst conducting searches for the offenders last night but that the enquiries are ongoing.
"Given that so far it is believed the offenders to be aged 14 to 16 we must ask parents to think if they knew what their children were up to last night and if they could have been involved.
"At this time we cannot say if these latest crimes are connected to the previous incidents of damage being caused to cars around town but clearly we need the public's help to stop those responsible before any further damage is caused."
