LISTEN: Vicious vandal targets Fraserburgh family

Aberdeenshire car dealer suffers £100k damage over 15 years

Published 20th Oct 2016

A Fraserburgh family say they're living in fear, because their business keeps being vandalised.

Avril Murray's car dealership has been plagued by incidents of paint-stripper being thrown over its South Road vehicles.

Even her brand new VW Beetle was targetted outside her home, which ruined the 54-year-old's birthday present.

In the last 15-years over 60-cars at Avril's dealership have been damaged, forcing Murray Motors to claim over £100,000 from the insurers.

She says: "It's starting to affect our health now.

"My husband had a heart attack in 2012.

"Things are starting to take their toll.

"We do live in fear, especially when they started targetting our home.

"My kids were just small at the time.

"We're scared to go on holiday.

"We have to get security in when we do go, just to keep an eye on the place."

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In the latest incident to hit the Aberdeenshire business, seven-vehicles were damaged by the chemical in the evening of Friday last week.

ABOVE: The company has provided our newsroom with a CCTV image of a person pictured scaling the firm's fence around the time of the crime.

Police Scotland is investigating, and is appealing for witnesses to come forward to help its officers' investigation.

Police Constable Justine Griffiths added: "The garage is on the main road leading into Fraserburgh so it is possible a passing motorist may have seen something.

"We are appealing to anyone who saw anything unusual or suspicious or has any information to contact the police on 101."