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The Joseph Banks centre in Horncastle was badly damaged in a shocking raid in the early hours of Tuesday 19th May ’09.
The community building, which houses several tenants including the banks shop which trains people with learning disabilities and the Wolds Learning Network, has sustained thousands of pounds worth of damage when youths attempted to steal parts of the lead roofing, presumably to sell for scrap. Although the police were promptly called by on looking neighbours, substantial damage had already been done by the time they arrived to arrest the offenders.
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Gordon Hunter from local charity the Lincolnshire Community Foundation who own and manage the building said “It is becoming increasingly difficult to protect and insure community buildings. The policy in this case will only cover damage as a mindless act, not when it is caused by theft, or attempted theft. The cost of repair will, therefore, have to come out of our own money.”
He went on to tell me “This is not an isolated incident. I know of two vicars who have to maintain nigh-time vigils in their church yards in order to protect the lead in the roof.”
The full extent of the damage is yet to be assessed, but these pictures show just how appalling the attack was.
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