Sue Carre with the two burned cars outside the fire-damaged Hautes Landes home she shares with husband Bryn and mother Betty Taylor. (Picture by Steve Sarre, 0921363)

THINK about the victims – that is the message to arsonists following a spate of attacks at the weekend.

There were three separate incidents in the Vale on Friday night.

A car was set alight which spread to a bungalow in Les Hautes Landes, a motorbike was burned and dumped in a driveway and two cars were torched in a driveway, both in Houmtel Lane.

Detective Sergeant Karl Zierlinger said the residents had been very lucky.

‘I don’t think the people who do these sort of things think about the consequences of their actions. They think it is just a bit of a laugh but it could easily have been a far more serious incident.’

DS Zierlinger said that thankfully arson was rare in Guernsey, but islanders should not be complacent.

‘There is no need to panic about it, just take a few measures to keep yourselves safe. Guernsey is relatively crime-free but it is important to lock your car, even if it is on your driveway,’ he said.

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