Intruders film college site prowl

A video has surfaced of two men roaming the new Ashford college building site and filming their own guided tour.

The footage, which was filmed at night, captures the new corridors at the multimillion-pound college on the corner of Elwick Road and Station Road.

But the unfinished site is still under construction and the pair, who are not identified in the video, have been criticised for accessing the “dangerous” campus.

One man has recorded a voice-over for the video, which describes the duo avoiding security staff and balancing on overhanging scaffolding on the roof.

At one point the narrator says: “That light you can see right ahead is where the security stay at night, hopefully they don’t see us.”

He also says there will be a lot more videos coming from his YouTube channel, V18brandon, including “crane climbs, underground tunnels, warehouses, more abandoned buildings and hospitals.”

As the pair make their way around the building, the narrator says: “Just got to climb across a little hole here, it’s not too dangerous, but dangerous is fun.”

After a short pause in the video, the narrator says: “Had to stop for a minute back there, because my mate’s a bit dumb and couldn’t work out how to climb under a bit of scaffolding.”

The narrator points out two cherry pickers just outside the entrance and says: “If there wasn’t the security about, we could have jumped in them and had a little drive up and down.”

At the end of the video, the pair brazenly walk out the main doors and wait for traffic to pass before leaving the site undetected.

A spokesman for BAM Construction, the company build- ing the campus, said: “We take any breach of site security very seriously.

“Construction sites are very dangerous places and we urge the public not to enter without authorisation.

“Since this i ncident was brought to our attention, we have increased the number of CCTV cameras around the perimeter, which are linked to security control, and secured all external entrances to the new Ashford College building with immediate effect.”

A police spokesman said the matter had not been reported as a crime and trespassing concerns are a matter for the landowner.