Arsonists target Weymouth park

3:55pm Tuesday 26th February 2013 in News

Arsonists target Weymouth park Arsonists target Weymouth park

ARSONISTS have struck again in Littlemoor.

Police are appealing for witnesses after play equipment was torched last night.

The arson, in a park behind the Littlemoor Community Centre on Canberra Road, happened at around 9.20pm yesterday.

A Weymouth woman in her thirties sustained superficial burns trying to put the fire out.

Weymouth Neighbourhood Inspector Les Fry said: “This was another malicious fire in the Littlemoor area.

“Fortunately, nobody was seriously injured.

“Dorset Police has been working hard with our partner agencies to ensure crime and anti-social behaviour is effectively tackled on the Littlemoor estate.

“We will not tolerate this sort behaviour and I urge witnesses to this incident and anyone with any information about those responsible to contact police as soon as possible.”

Dave Graham, Weymouth and Portland District Commander of Dorset Fire and Rescue, said: “Arson is extremely reckless and not only causes serious damage but ties up firefighters' time and resources when they could be dealing with a genuine emergency.

“All fire is extremely dangerous, and arson even more so as it can harm not only the individual setting the fire but also those community minded individuals who may try to extinguish it, plus of course our fire crews.”

Witnesses and anyone with information can call Dorset Police on 101 quoting incident number 25:450 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Tell us what you think?

Are you a resident of Littlemoor? Do you welcome this order or feel it is not necessary? Let us know your thoughts below.

To talk about the issues in confidence contact the Littlemoor reporter Rachael Burnett on rachael.burnett@dorsetecho.co.uk or call 01305 830982

Comments(10)

Is it me or is everything rubbish? says...
4:24pm Tue 26 Feb 13

Turn on the street lights!

This will stop them!

The lights- we need the street lights back on!

Oh- 9.20pm you say? The street lights are still on....

No amount of streetlights will stop these morons from inflicting damage.

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Mr_Blue_Sky says...
4:35pm Tue 26 Feb 13

Guessing the 24x7 policecars patrolling the moor have recently stopped then...

Good to see the lockdown working.

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Get a grip says...
5:33pm Tue 26 Feb 13

Do not forget that we pay for the mutants to waste taxpayers money

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niceonecyril says...
7:28pm Tue 26 Feb 13

Get a grip wrote:
Do not forget that we pay for the mutants to waste taxpayers money
Can you provide proof of this, or is it just another in a long line of pathetic comments from you?

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Mango man says...
7:37pm Tue 26 Feb 13

Mr_Blue_Sky wrote:
Guessing the 24x7 policecars patrolling the moor have recently stopped then...

Good to see the lockdown working.
Do you have any idea of the actual number of officers on duty at any one time? I imagine you'd be shocked!
I doubt that they have enough
resources to be constantly in Littlemoor at every minute of the day, hence incidents like this are still unfortunately likely to occur.

Imagine this scenario, you witness someone breaking into your car ( from the comfort of your arm chair) and call 999.
Whilst one or more cars attend to deal with your incident, something happens in Littlemoor.
That's life, stop moaning and try and say something remotely positively for a change!

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not too distant says...
8:31pm Tue 26 Feb 13

I don't like to see a young persons life ruined, but we can't have a society where nobody is ever really punished. What kind of message does it send out when culprits are handed ASBO's etc..? We need swift, hard punishment for offenders, to encourage the rest to behave accordingly. When society lets them off, we are not only letting down the community, we are depriving future and current offenders the incentive to improve themselves. Effectively condemning the next generation to fall into the same trap. I say ENOUGH.

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not too distant says...
8:51pm Tue 26 Feb 13

As a final note: successive governments have intentionally incouraged lawlessness through reducing sentences and giving cautions in place of convictions. These 'docile' voters have enabled the march of war and corperate profiteering. One option is to let the government (this or the next) fight it's wars abroad, so long as we don't have to fight crime on our streets. Seems a fair exchange for now..

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Chav_Scum says...
9:09pm Tue 26 Feb 13

Mango man wrote:
Mr_Blue_Sky wrote:
Guessing the 24x7 policecars patrolling the moor have recently stopped then...

Good to see the lockdown working.
Do you have any idea of the actual number of officers on duty at any one time? I imagine you'd be shocked!
I doubt that they have enough
resources to be constantly in Littlemoor at every minute of the day, hence incidents like this are still unfortunately likely to occur.

Imagine this scenario, you witness someone breaking into your car ( from the comfort of your arm chair) and call 999.
Whilst one or more cars attend to deal with your incident, something happens in Littlemoor.
That's life, stop moaning and try and say something remotely positively for a change!
I know that the last few times I've driven across to Co-op there have been police parked up on the Littlemoor Road with a speed gun out their window. Also, several occasions they've been parked up at the Bicombe exit of the smaller roundabout, watching the stones on sticks.... I did though see a lone Policewoman actually in Co-op the other night, sticking a map up on the notice board of the exclusion/dispersal zone,& talking to staff . They may well be underfunded & understaffed, but Littlemoor could really do with getting the plod using up a bit more petrol driving round the estate, rather than parking up on the main road & waiting for a (otherwise law abiding) motorist to drive past at 34mph at 9:30pm.

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stench says...
9:27am Wed 27 Feb 13

I can picture all the Echo cuttings, stuck to the walls of the local arsonist(s)...

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Hedgehogwinter66 says...
7:28am Thu 28 Feb 13

not too distant wrote:
I don't like to see a young persons life ruined, but we can't have a society where nobody is ever really punished. What kind of message does it send out when culprits are handed ASBO's etc..? We need swift, hard punishment for offenders, to encourage the rest to behave accordingly. When society lets them off, we are not only letting down the community, we are depriving future and current offenders the incentive to improve themselves. Effectively condemning the next generation to fall into the same trap. I say ENOUGH.
When they are caught, sterilise them. Stop them producing the next generation of scumbags.

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