Youths to ‘reconcile with community’

Vandals behind a recent spate of egg-throwing in Ottery will be punished through restorative justice.

PCSO Maria Clapp reported this week that youths who targeted properties and vehicles with their antics have been tracked down and will now begin a process of ‘reconciling with the community’.

Crime in the parish was down overall in January 2016, with 10 incidents recorded compared to 12 during the same period in 2015.

A break-in at the Hospiscare shop in Broad Street contributed to the figures, when a burglar broke through a padlocked gate and forced the back door to gain entry to the premises.

They stole the safe and its contents.

PCSO Clapp also reported a second break-in at a garage, theft of a metal gate and items of clothing from the staff area of a building site, as well as two incidents of damage to a motor vehicle.

Police are appealing for help in finding a stolen bird table that has sentimental value to the owner.

Anyone with information can contact PCSO Clapp by e-mailing maria.clapp@devonandcornwall.pnn.police,uk or calling 101.