‘Nothing is being done to combat vandalism’
Wednesday 25th June 2008, 2:30PM BST.
Colin Radford, one of the victims in a recent spate of vandalism at Cambridge Park. Mr Radford said that he has heard nothing from the authorities despite contacting them about previous incidents two years’ ago. (Picture by Peter Frankland, 0598350)
POLICE are today investigating a spate of car vandalism that has hit Town. An appeal for witnesses was launched after six vehicles were damaged, five of which had their windscreens smashed. One victim, 35-year-old network engineer Colin Radford, said he felt sure that all the cars had been attacked by the same person or group.
‘If a number of attacks happened at the same time and in a sort of pattern, it must be someone on a spree,’ he said. Mr Radford, whose Seat Arosa was damaged whilst parked at Cambridge Park, said he feels nothing is being done to combat vandalism.
‘I am disgusted that this kind of behaviour is allowed to continue in our society and is just seemingly treated as a part of modern-day life,’ he said. He emailed St Peter Port deputies in September 2006 to express his frustration about regular vandalism of his and his wife’s cars.
But after initial responses from deputies who said they would investigate, he said he has heard nothing more and has seen no changes.
* Inspector Trevor Coleman said an investigation is under way and asked anyone with information to come forward.
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I am a Guernseyman now residing in the UK, I am aware that as such I do not carry any wieght in the article concerned, but, none the more for that I feel that I need to contribute. I refer to the article in the Press by Thom Ogier, it refers us to the fact that nothing appears to be being done about the car vandalism at Cambridge Park (and possible other places) I pray that your authorities wil not let this one slip by, We here in the UK went down that road some ten years ago, just like you nothing was done, and now we have a sitiation whereby vandals no longer respect the law and, no longer care about the law,they have no fear of prison, no respect for other people and no respect for themselves.Everything is just one big laugh to them. You are now at the thin end of the wedge so don’t let it pass, tackle it now or join us in the UK. I keep returning to Guernsey rvery May to celibrate the Liberation, (I served in the army right through the war) I was in the Royal Guernsey Militia prior to the war, I am very proud of the Island and hate to think that for the sake of a few ground rules Yobo’s are likely to take over. DON’T LET IT HAPPEN.
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I have no idea why Scrutiny is wasting a single second on this. Anyone with an IQ marginally above room temperature and a bit of historical perspective will realise that sources of vandalism are usually from small groups of people. Guernsey gets long periods of calm and all of a sudden a couple of names hit the street and everyone is up in arms.
The police, in all likelihood, have a strong idea who these people are but weren’t in the right place at the right time; if they don’t then it might just be a bit of opportunism and an isolated incident.
What is isn’t is a comment on all the kids of Guernsey or our society. The majority of whom are good and hard working.
Get some perspective people; it’s an unfortunate but small event in an overcrowded island, not the end of the world.
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