Police are appealing for information following major damage at a church including the desecration of at least six graves
Police are investigating three separate instances of criminal damage at a local church.
Police understand that there has now been three separate instances of criminal damage at St John’s Church in Abram.
This includes:
• Two incidents involving damage to irreplaceable historic windows
• The desecration of at least six graves within the churchyard
This behaviour is completely unacceptable and deeply upsetting to our local community.
We do have CCTV footage of the suspected offenders, and officers will be following up all lines of enquiry.
The most recent offence occurred between 01:00hrs and 03:00hrs on June 09
Via a social media post, police said: “We would ask anyone with information to please come forward. Parents – do you know where your children are at those times in the early hours? Let’s work together to protect our community and its history.”
If you can help, please contact the police via 101 or report information online, quoting 3431-09062026.