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Police called to Maidstone’s FG Barnes Vauxhall after windows smashed

12:58, 11 October 2023

updated: 13:01, 11 October 2023

A former car dealership which closed its doors earlier this year has had its windows smashed.

The industrial estate site of the now closed FG Barnes Vauxhall was struck by vandals on Sunday night.

Glass and smashed windows can be seen at the former FG Barnes Vauxhall site in Maidstone. Picture: Sandy Turner
Glass and smashed windows can be seen at the former FG Barnes Vauxhall site in Maidstone. Picture: Sandy Turner

Pictures, taken by passer-by Sandy Turner, showed at least four smashed windows.

Glass at the site in Park Wood, Maidstone, can also be seen scattered across the floor outside.

A police spokesman said: “Kent Police was called at 9am on Monday, October 9, to a report of criminal damage at a business premises in Sutton Road.

“It is alleged that several windows to the building were deliberately smashed.”

FG Barnes shut its doors to traders in Maidstone earlier this summer.

A number of windows were targeted at the former car dealership in Maidstone. Picture: Sandy Turner
A number of windows were targeted at the former car dealership in Maidstone. Picture: Sandy Turner
FG Barnes Vauxhall in March this year prior to its closure. Picture: Google
FG Barnes Vauxhall in March this year prior to its closure. Picture: Google

However, its remaining branches in Shoreham and Guildford remain open to customers.

Anyone with information which may assist the investigation is being urged to contact police on 01622 604100.

They should quote reference number 46/181592/23.

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