A number of charity collection boxes have been stolen from a shop in Ventnor during an early morning break-in – the second time the shop has been vandalised and burgled this year.
The Premier Express convenience store on the High Street was smashed into at around 03:00 this morning (Tuesday) when an unknown male suspect used a hammer to damage both entrance doors and a window before helping himself to at least 3 money boxes, thought to be for the Earl Mountbatten Hospice, Ventnor Boxing Club and another local charity.
Police are investigating the incident, which comes just weeks after a man was hospitalised trying to prevent the same shop being ransacked.
Anyone with information should contact Isle of Wight Police by phoning 101, quoting 44160059703. Information can also be given anonymously by phoning Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
