Vandals have appetite for destruction

Main picture shows, damage to a car parked on Meltham Road, near Armitage Bridge and, inset, damage to a car in Netherton shot the side passenger window in my car with what looks like a pellet gun. The police are investigating and the more people who report any crimes, however small, the better.”

Peter Warwick, whose daughter’s car was damaged in Netherton, said he believed the incidents included three in Armitage Bridge, five or six around Swan Lane, Lockwood, four incidents in Longwood and two or three in Netherton.

He said: “Two cars were smashed on Netherton Moor Road, also one on Coppice Drive and more in Armitage Bridge. It looks like wanton damage possibly with a BB gun, catapult or other projectile.”

The cause of the damage has not been revealed but Examiner reader Richard De Vere emailed to say he did not believe an air rifle had been used.

He said: “I think the windows have been broken with a piece of ceramic or a glass hammer.

“The force of a pellet wouldn’t have caused this damage. Videos of ceramic glass smashing are plentiful on YouTube etc and you will notice the similarities in how the window breaks.”

The spate of vandalism follows recent damage to cars in the Roundway and Stony Lane area of Honley earlier this month.

Several cars were scratched in the first attack and, in a second incident, cars and homes were sprayed by black spray paint, including the words ‘grass’ and ‘muppet.’

West Yorkshire Police said they were investigating reports of damage to vehicles in several locations.