Car linked to Oval vandalism found with net around chassis

The car believed to have been involved in ripping up sports fields at the Oval, in Dunedin, was found with a cricket net wrapped around its chassis and stolen beer kegs in the back.

The playing surface was ripped up by a vehicle at the weekend, in an incident Dunedin City Council parks and recreation general manager Robert West called disappointing.

Acting Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond said police were called to reports of a suspicious vehicle with its doors open at The Kensington pub at 12.16am on Saturday.

"On examination police believed the vehicle had been stolen," he said,

and had been driven around the nearby Oval field.

"After talking to the manager and security at the bar it was made aware to police that the kegs in the back seat of the vehicle and the bottles of alcohol had been stolen from The Kensington.''

Delta workers were busy yesterday trying to repair the deep ruts cut into the Oval ground by a...
Delta workers were busy yesterday trying to repair the deep ruts cut into the Oval ground by a car at the weekend. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

 

After watching security footage, police were able to identify an offender. A 21-year-old man was arrested and charged with burglary.

The vehicle was impounded for 28 days.

Inquiries were continuing into who was driving the vehicle on the Oval.

A Dunedin City Council spokesman was yesterday unable to say how much the damage would cost to repair, or how long it would take.

daisy.hudson@odt.co.nz

Comments

Do such repairs ever get fully refunded to the DCC or whoever owns that damaged property? Or do the courts generally let the person(s) off with a lesser penalty? Who pays in the end if not the one who does the damage? Is it an Insurance company or the ratepayers?

 

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