Police appeal after £500+ Colonnade vandal attack

POLICE issued an appeal for witnesses this week after vandals did more than Â£500 worth of damage to newly-restored Colonnade lighting.

By The Newsroom

Published 18th Dec 2007, 12:25 BST

Updated 7th Jun 2018, 20:23 BST

One of the polycarbonate globes was wrenched from the balustrade between the Colonnade's two cupolas at the weekend and smashed.

Rother planning project manager Richard Shoobridge oversaw last summer's scheme which saw restoration of the globes and standards together with the installation of computer-controlled coloured lighting displays inside the cupolas and the floodlighting of the Clock Tower and Museum.

He said the polycarbonate globes cost 500 each to replace.

Such force was used to rip off the globe that the fitting was also damaged.

Mr Shoobridge said he will now being having talks with police on how best to step up security at the vandal-prone Colonnade.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Bexhill police station on 0845 6070999 quoting serial 291 on December 18.

*Ironically, the attack comes just as local photographer Brian Hazell has made a moon-lit study of the much-photographed and admired Colonnade.