Vandals pour oil over display at Stone and Porcelain, St Helens

Paving firm Stone and Procelain Ltd, based at Abbotsfield Road at the Reginald Road Industrial Estate, was targeted on Friday night, June 10. 

Police attended after the alarm was triggered, at around 11pm.

The display after the vandalism

CCTV footage showed black oil being poured all over the display by two hooded vandals.    

A spokesman for the company said it had spent the past two years working on the display, which had just been finalised.

"The police came in to investigate in response to the triggered alarm, the culprits had disappeared by the time they had arrived," he said.

"I am truly disappointed and I really don’t know what they had to gain from doing this. It is senseless.

"I am just upset, we had just finished the display and had just got it right."

The dark liquid was poured all over the premises' display

He added: "It is just upsetting. We have been here for several years and have things in the pipeline to give back to the community.

"It is going to cost us around just more than £50,000."

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A Merseyside Police spokeswoman said: "At around 11.25pm on Friday, June 10, officers were called to a report of criminal damage at a property on Abbotsfield Road.

"CCTV footage at the premises showed (men) pouring a large amount of dark liquid over the display stones outside the premises at around 10pm.

"An investigation is underway."

The vandals caused the damage late on Friday night

• Anyone with further CCTV footage or information about this incident, please DM police's social media desk on Twitter @MerPolCC or Facebook ‘Merseyside Police Contact Centre’ quoting incident reference 22000401829. People can also contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously, on 0800 555 111 or via their online form at: crimestoppers-uk.org/give-information.