Rampage on town estate
By Jo Deeks on Thursday, 31st August 2000.
VANDALS have caused more than £2,000 of damage to flats on the Clements Estate which were due to be let to new tenants.
One flat at Harewood Terrace, Haverhill, was broken into by vandals who left taps running, causing flooding, and smashed down a partition wall.
The flat next door was broken down and paint was splashed around.
Alan Sisson, maintenance inspector for St Edmundsbury Borough Council, described the damage as “wanton vandalism” and said it would cost between £2,000 and £3,000 to put right. A new tenant had been due to move into the second flat, but Mr Sisson was not sure if this could go ahead.
The damage at the first flat was discovered when water seeped through to the shops below.
The first flat was an empty void property, which had to be inspected before a new tenant was moved in to see what maintenance work was needed.
Mr Sisson said: “We get a lot of this sort of damage up there, we think it is kids but you cannot prove it. We do our best to get them turned around and occupied as soon as possible, normally within three or four weeks.
“After the first flat was damaged the windows and doors to the others were boarded up, but they still managed to kick the door in. You would think the neighbours would report it, but they don’t.”
Police say the damage to the first flat was caused between 5pm on Friday, August 18 and 9am on Tuesday, August 22.
Anyone with information about the damage is asked to ring Haverhill police on (01284) 774100.
One flat at Harewood Terrace, Haverhill, was broken into by vandals who left taps running, causing flooding, and smashed down a partition wall.
The flat next door was broken down and paint was splashed around.
Alan Sisson, maintenance inspector for St Edmundsbury Borough Council, described the damage as “wanton vandalism” and said it would cost between £2,000 and £3,000 to put right. A new tenant had been due to move into the second flat, but Mr Sisson was not sure if this could go ahead.
The damage at the first flat was discovered when water seeped through to the shops below.
The first flat was an empty void property, which had to be inspected before a new tenant was moved in to see what maintenance work was needed.
Mr Sisson said: “We get a lot of this sort of damage up there, we think it is kids but you cannot prove it. We do our best to get them turned around and occupied as soon as possible, normally within three or four weeks.
“After the first flat was damaged the windows and doors to the others were boarded up, but they still managed to kick the door in. You would think the neighbours would report it, but they don’t.”
Police say the damage to the first flat was caused between 5pm on Friday, August 18 and 9am on Tuesday, August 22.
Anyone with information about the damage is asked to ring Haverhill police on (01284) 774100.
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