Residents' despair as vandals target school and cars in Cleethorpes
SCHOOLCHILDREN and residents in Cleethorpes were today counting the cost of a spate of vandalism which damaged their play area and cars.
Youths daubed vile slogans in the play area of St Peter's Church of England Primary School, and following another incident, residents in Sandringham Road, called for action to stem the catalogue of vandalism in their street.
The latest attack at St Peter's is the second in the past 20 months – arsonists caused £1,300 damage by burning the pupils' play shed in September 2010.
Resort residents and community leaders will meet at the school on Monday at 7pm to call for better protection of property.
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Today, headteacher Jo Wiseman said scarce cash resources would have to be diverted from educational resources towards CCTV cameras to deter further criminal damage.
Vandals used a can of spray paint to write abusive slogans and "M-Cat is good", and to promote the PPC, which are the initials of the youth gang the People's Park Crew, although it is not known if they were involved.
M-Cat is the drug currently being highlighted in a Grimsby Telegraph campaign.
The windows of the school were also targeted and a hanging basket was vandalised by the gang, which climbed over the playground fence from Yarra Road at about 6.30pm last Wednesday, during half term.
The school's caretaker Keith Brown and reception teacher Danielle Parry spent the rest of the holidays clearing the worst of it.
Mrs Wiseman said: "Since the fire we had a period of calm, but this is heartbreaking for the children. We scrimp and save to do what we can for the children and make it look the best we can, then these mindless vandals come along and ruin it.
"The cost of cameras is budget we would rather spend on the children so they have the things other children have, but we will have to look at getting them."
Miss Parry said: "I am disappointed. It is the children who suffer. If we had not come in during the holidays to clean the worst off, the children would not have been able to get out today."
Reception pupil, Amina Osman, 5, said: "I am cross with them. They should clean it up."
Kian McCaw, 5, said: "They are naughty. When they catch them they should go to jail.
"They went to school when they were young, just like us, but they have turned nasty."
A Humberside Police spokeswoman said officers were investigating.
She said: "Unknown persons have entered the school grounds and caused damage to the windows, playground equipment and a hanging basket was damaged.
"The offenders were believed to have been disturbed and ran away in an unknown direction."
Anyone with information was urged to contact Humberside Police by calling 101 quoting crime reference number 1911276.
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Comments
by PPCBRO
Thursday, July 12 2012, 2:25AM
“tis wasnt the 'ppc' who did this it was someone trying to get them into ****,cheers.”
by GRIMBOY78
Thursday, June 14 2012, 2:36AM
“nothing will happen to the people responsible! ASBO? what a joke! CCTV? even worse! IF ever these people get caught? what is the worst that can happen? please mr scum sir, please dont do it again? OR you will get an ASBO/joke for your friends! HAD ENOUGH OF THIS? THEN GET THE 1000 YEAR OUT OF TOUCH COURT JUDGES OUT!!!!!!!!! get somebody in who will punish! not rehabilitate these ********s! scum/cleanse the area! euthenasia! hang em!! or worse! x”
by jack_knife
Wednesday, June 13 2012, 5:25PM
“Dunno why elsawill's or my post had been 'red arrowed."
Must have been by one of the morons responsible for the vandalism.”
by elsawill
Wednesday, June 13 2012, 12:17PM
“I agree with Grimsbyreaper and jack_knife - there is no deterrent for these vandals - get them off the streets and if and when caught give them a toothbrush to repaint the damage they have caused.
Bring back army boot camps AND national service for those unemployed after leaving school”
by jack_knife
Wednesday, June 13 2012, 10:53AM
“IF the morons are caught, they should be made to repaint the whole length of the fence using a 2" paint brush.”
by Grimsbyreaper
Tuesday, June 12 2012, 9:43PM
“Peoples Park Crew, have you heard anything so pathetic in your life? whatever next the Weelsby Woods Warriors or the Haverstoe Hoodies. What this town needs is for the police/council working together to introduce a curfew, get the scum off the streets as soon as it gets dark, in the summer home by half 9 and in the winter months get the little ****s off the streets by 5/6 o Clock. Any youth not with a responsible adult after these times need rounding up, slamming in the back of a van and taking home to their parents, if the parents of these skag-heads are out then go and drag them out of the pub and fine them for not knowing what their little criminals are up to.”
by zombie99
Tuesday, June 12 2012, 8:52PM
“nice of the ppc to tell people where to find them,but i guess if someone turned up with half a dozen angry resident they would be straight on there blackberrys crying to the law for help,got a nice big pond in peoples park im sure u could fit the halfwits in it.”
by dave_41
Tuesday, June 12 2012, 7:59PM
“44 wick, another dogooder.”
by porcelainblak
Tuesday, June 12 2012, 7:37PM
“The Peoples' Park Crew are just a bunch of silly little school boys, and the only reason that PPC was sprayed on the fence is that they can't spell it in full.”
by Eileen_Dover
Tuesday, June 12 2012, 6:20PM
“Whilst it's not exactly "crime of the century" it's still pretty anti-social (and of course very annoying to the victims). It looks like someone trying to get a kick from the publicity, and I bet they're reading all of this and will be bragging to their mates at how successful they've been. There will be plenty of people who know who did this, or will find out pretty soon. It only takes one of them to tell a responsible parent, and the police would know as well. However It's unlikely that would be enough evidence for them to take any action. "M-Cat is good" not exactly Shakespeare or Keats is it? Like 1lincslass's comment about failed Banksy attempts. Just about sums our vandals, they can't even manage something that could be remotely classed as art. If caught they should have to remove it, with toothbrushes.”