A HOUSE with a child inside has been targeted and damaged by a group.

Police are appealing for information to the incident in North Road, Bexhill, at about 8.30pm on Monday, June 27.

The occupants, which included a young child, were inside the property when three windows were smashed.

Four people were seen running from the scene in the direction of Ninfield Road, towards Buxton Drive, police said.

Three of them were wearing black hooded jumpers and the fourth was wearing a blue hooded jumper.

Enquiries are ongoing and officers investigating the matter are keen to speak to anyone who saw what happened, or who may have captured any relevant CCTV, doorbell or dash cam footage.

Officers are particularly keen to speak with a woman who was seen walking her dog at the time of the incident.

Anyone with any information is urged to contact police online or via dialling 101, quoting serial 1445 of 27/06.