£30k of damage after Pride toilets are torched (From The Argus)

£30k of damage after Pride toilets are torched

4:46pm Tuesday 17th August 2010 in

By Neil Vowles »

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An arson attack on portable toilets at Pride caused £30,000 worth of damage.

The block of toilets at the north side of Preston Park, Brighton near Preston Park Avenue were deliberately set alight at around 10pm on Saturday August 7.

The fire was quickly extinguished by firefighters and no-one was injured in the incident.

Detective Constable Katy Hartley said: "Thousands took part in the Pride celebrations at Preston Park and the event took place peacefully, proving to be a great success with only a number of isolated incidents.

"This is a serious offence and I'm keen to speak to anyone with information, particularly to a group of around five youths aged 16-20 who were seen running from the area at the time of the fire."

Anyone with information is asked to contact Sussex Police on 0845 60 70 999 quoting serial 1889 of 7/8.

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Rita Snatch says...
7:00pm Tue 17 Aug 10

And obviously the NEW night-time security team prevented this- or caught them....

.... Now if Pride had left the original Security team in place - with their dogs - this probably wouldn't of occurred!

IF IT AINT BROKE...DON'T FIX IT!