EDITOR'S CHOICE FRINGE OFFERS 2 for 1 offer to The Lady Boys of Bangkok FOOD ON FRIDAY Buy one main course and get another free at Riddle and Finns, Hove DOWNLOAD OF THE WEEK Listen to new music from Brighton's best bands WHAT'S ON Chris T-T, Arc, Thurs, May 15, 10pm Turncoat, Ocean Rooms, Fri, May 16, 7.15pm GOING GREEN Green funerals unearthed LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Sixties concert had good vibrations Albion's adventures in the FA Cup COMMENT AND ANALYSIS Time to fill gap in our children's knowledge of history VOTE Do you think cannabis should be reclassified? Yes No Don't know GET OUR NEWS BY E-MAIL Just register

Most read Comments 1 Win a two months' worth of organic food hampers and PURINA ONE Natural Balance! 2 Binman killed after being run down by pal 3 Wright 'tempted' by Tendulkar's IPL offer 4 Title-winning team is ripped apart 5 Locals launch fight to close pharmacy 6 Car crash man cut free 7 Financial problems mount at Bognor 8 Rooks legend fears for the club's future 9 Make-up artist's husband rearrested after body is discovered in woods 10 Budget constraints led Colbran to quit Crows Today | 7 Days 1 Comment: Right to look anew at law on cannabis 2 Adams: Championship return is the aim 3 Brighton squatters defy raid by bailiffs 4 Top travel guide criticises Brighton and Hove 5 Hove residents' parking war with commuters 6 No instant reprieves for axed players 7 Albion boss backs Leeds 8 Cannabis factory found in Moulsecoomb 9 Micky Adams makes sensational return to Albion 10 Adams: Returning to Albion was easy decision

Comment

More than £100,000 of damage was caused to cars parked outside a showroom in a suspected arson attack.

Two people, believed to be teenagers, were arrested and questioned by police after the fire at St Leonards Motors in Churchwood Drive, St Leonards.

Four vehicles were destroyed and three damaged during the blaze, which happened at 1.16am on Saturday.

Showroom boss Rob Noble said the dealership, which runs showrooms in St Leonards and Hastings, had recently installed security cameras at a cost of £100,000.

He said: "The incident happened right in front of the CCTV cameras and we have given a copy of the footage to the police.

"It would appear one car was set on fire and the flames spread to the other vehicles. Fortunately there were no explosions but we have four cars which are completely burnt out and damage to three others.

"The outside wall of the workshop is also blackened, but we have been able to carry on working as normal."

Mr Noble added: "We have had the usual onlookers down here asking what's going on, but luckily we have been able to trade.

"Fortunately, the torched cars were all our own vehicles. They were demonstrators and a courtesy car. One of the cars was an E-plate Ford Escort, which is a collectors' item.

"I would say the fire has caused in excess of £100,000 of damage.

"We are annoyed, but also thankful it was not a lot worse, and nobody was injured.

"We are also thankful for the CCTV which we had installed quite recently.

"The police and the fire brigade were on the scene very quickly and have been brilliant."

Anyone with information about the fire should call Sussex Police on 0845 6070999 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.

12:46pm Sunday 11th May 2008

Print

Email this

Comment

Add your comment

Name:
Email: *
Location:
**
	e.g. 123-123
Comment: Please note: All HTML tags will be ignored. Format Text:
By posting a comment, I confirm that I have read and agree to the terms of use. Comments are not moderated but we will react if anything that breaks the rules comes to our attention and we may delete inappropriate postings. Please treat other people with respect. You must not post anything that is abusive, indecent, unlawful or defamatory. Remember, you are personally liable for what you post on this site. If you wish to complain about a comment, contact us here.
* Your email address will not be displayed ** To avoid register now or login