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A hammer-wielding vandal caused £40,000 in damage after smashing shop and funeral home windows in a late-night rampage, with the shocking destruction caught on camera
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Hammer-wielding vandal goes on £40,000 rampage smashing windows

Karl Grafton
Last updated: March 30, 2026 2:06 pm
Karl Grafton Published March 30, 2026
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CCTV showing the vandal smashing the windows of the store. (Jam Press/Drive Motor Spares New Romney)
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A hammer-wielding vandal has gone on a rampage smashing multiple windows on a street.

Around £40,000 of pounds worth of damage was done in just seconds.

The wanton destruction was caught on video.

It showed the hoodie-wearing man in white trainers and a black tracksuit hammering through the glass.

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The apparently random attack happened at Drive Motor Spares and Dearman Bartlett Independent Funeral Directors, New Romney, Kent at about 11pm on Thursday (26 Mar).

A hammer-wielding vandal caused £40,000 in damage after smashing shop and funeral home windows in a late-night rampage, with the shocking destruction caught on camera
Drive Motor Spares in New Romney. (Picture: Jam Press)

A Drive Motor Spares spokesperson told Need To Know.: “All front and side windows on the funeral directors were broken, and all of the large front facing windows of our shop were also smashed.

“Causing an estimated £40,000 of damage between both properties.

“With the man walking from the alley way by The Coach House towards the funeral directors, before moving along the High Street on the same side of the road towards our shop.

(Jam Press/Drive Motor Spares New Romney)

“He then targets our windows before crossing the road in to the alley leading to Mabledon Close.

“The police attendance was very quick but despite all our efforts to locate the perpetrator as yet he has not been found.

“This man’s shoes and clothes are highly likely to have small flecks of glass embedded in them, he is of relatively slim build and able to swing a club hammer with force.”

(Jam Press/Drive Motor Spares New Romney)

Bosses said nothing was taken from inside, describing the incident as pure vandalism.

Both businesses remained open, with temporary repairs made to the broken glass while a permanent fix is arranged.

Kent Police has been approached for comment.

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