It was good to see some good news in The News Shopper this week, it was confirmed that a pair of vandals that had been smashing and damaging cars over a one month period in the Bexleyheath area had been arrested and charged.
The vandalism had been taking place for some time (December 1st 2020 to January 6th 2021) over a wide area. Those residents affected had got together and formed a social media group collecting information, photos of suspicious vehicles, number plates and descriptions of suspicious people in the area.
When they felt they had some good evidence they passed it onto “Crimestoppers” who then put together the information passed it onto Bexley Police and the two culprits where arrested and charged with 14 and 7 counts of criminal damage.
This action by these residents is what Bexley Neighbourhood Watch is all about, we know that many of our members supply valuable information to the police that often leads to arrests, but cooperating in this way together as a community tells criminals that their behaviour is not acceptable and that they are not welcome.
We suggest that anyone who is going through a similar experience works in a similar way putting together information which can be collected in a safe way within the law and passed onto your local police team or Crimestoppers, please keep us informed as it’s always good to get some good and positive news such as this.
