Vehicles targeted in nursery attack
MINDLESS vandals damaged seven cars during a wrecking spree at a city nursery.
A number of staff working at the Molendinar Family Learning Centre were horrified to discover their vehicles had been scratched and licence plates and bumpers ripped off.
Centre manager Allyson Murray discovered the damage at the nursery in Shettleston at about 3pm on Monday afternoon.
Staff have now reported the incident to police, who confirmed they are are investigating and have asked locals to contact 101 with information.
It is the second time the nursery has been targeted in the last two months, with vandals trashing the garden toys and plants in May.
Allyson said: “I went out to get something from my car and saw four boys in the far-away car park.
“When I walked towards them they ran off. They’d stolen several of the number plates on the cars, and the ones they couldn’t get off they bent them all.
“A couple of the cars have been scratched and they’ve taken all the caps on the tyre valves off every single car.
“It’s mindless vandalism, yet again. For what purpose?”
Parents of children at the nursery have now called for CCTV to be installed in the area as a matter of urgency.
Bobi Tierney, whose son goes to the nursery, said: “I’m concerned about how long it will be before something really serious happens.
“My car would have been vandalised too if I had been five minutes earlier.
“It has got to the point where the council must realise there is too much damage being done, it is costing taxpayers every time to get it fixed and they need to put up a deterrent.
“We’ve been asking for CCTV for such a long time and it’s not being done.”
Glasgow City Council said they would help combat the problems.
A spokeswoman said: “We have not been contacted about antisocial behaviour in this area, but, now that it has been brought to our attention, we will deploy our mobile CCTV vans on patrols and liaise with our partners at Police Scotland.”