Spate of criminal damages in Winterslow

Damages to vehicles and a house believed to be caused by ball bearings

Author: Ana Da SilvaPublished 21st Oct 2022

Police are appealing for information following a spate of incidents of criminal damage in the Winterslow area of Salisbury.

Officers were called to investigate after two vehicles and a house sustained damage by what police believe to have been ball bearings.

The damage was caused between 6pm and 10:45pm, this Wednesday 19 October.

A spokesperson from Wiltshire Police said:

"The windscreen of a Ford Transit van was damaged between 6.30pm and 10.45pm.

"During the same evening, a ball bearing is believed to have hit a kitchen window at an address in The Common, causing it to crack.

"A Land Rover also had its window smashed by what is believed to have been a ball bearing once again, on the same evening between 6pm and 8pm."

Officers are asking anyone who was in the area during Wednesday evening, and may have witnessed anybody acting suspiciously, to contact them on 101 quoting crime reference number 54220111153.

Alternatively, anyone can call CrimeStoppers to report a crime anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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