Hucknall: Car and house windows smashed by thugs armed with metal bars

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Police are appealing for the public’s help to track down a group of men armed with metal bars who vandalised a house and car in Hucknall.

The incident happened at 11.26pm on Monday, April 28 at a property on Railway Close.

A kitchen window was smashed and all the windows, excluding the windscreen, of a silver Seat Ibiza car were smashed by four males with metal bars.

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They were all dressed in black clothing and wearing balaclavas and ran off towards Watnall Road following the attack.

The vandalism incident happened on Railway Close. Photo: GoogleThe vandalism incident happened on Railway Close. Photo: Google
The vandalism incident happened on Railway Close. Photo: Google

Police are also appealing for help with other reported incidents burglary, theft, criminal damage and anti-social behaviour.

On Thursday, April 24 the patio door of a house in North Hill Avenue was found open, having been locked the previous evening.

At 3.17pm on Saturday, April 26 in Robey Close, there was a report of a Hinowa tracked barrow belonging to QTS being offered for sale on ebay.

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Around 4.45pm on Monday, April 28, a black and white Decathlon pushbike secured with a lock outside the Hucknall Leisure Centre on Linby Road was stolen – CCTV showed two males in black clothing pulling the bike lock off before riding it away.

At 11.27am on Friday, April 25, there was a report that the word ‘Tramp’ has been spray-painted on a wall under the kitchen window of a property on Chatsworth Drive.

At 7.02am on Friday, April 25 the rear window of a black Vauxhall Signum parked on Watnall Road was smashed with a brick – the perpetrator was a white male, slim build, dressed in all black clothing who ran off in the direction of Peppers Store.

Between 3.30pm and 5.30pm on Saturday, April 26, the paintwork of a black Land Rover was scratched down the right hand side, while parked near the United Reform Church on Farleys Grove.

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On Friday, April 25, there was a report of a young white male, aged 13 or 14 years-old, kicked the front door of a house on Ashgate Road – the caller said it had happened for three successive days and again on Thursday, April 29, each day between 3.30pm and 3.50pm..

At 7.19pm on Saturday, April 26 there was a report of two white males, both aged 14 to 16 years-old and dressed in black, on the roof of the Hucknall Leisure Centre and about to help a third male up to join them.

Anyone with any information on any of these incidents should email [email protected], contact the police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.

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