Vandals left a trail of debris as they rampaged through a Colchester estate.

Police are linking a number of reports of vandalism centred on the Prettygate Road area.

Eight glass panels were smashed at Plume Avenue Reformed Church, causing £1,000 of damage.

A spokeswoman for the church said one of the broken windows had only just been replaced.

She added: "A lot of the panels were near the doors so there's now a lot of glass inside the church."

Newstead Estate Agents, in Prettygate Road, had two front windows smashed leaving £150 worth of damage.

Glass panels were also smashed on the front doors of Prettygate Library, also in Prettygate Road.

And a door window was broken at a person's home in Prettygate Road.

Colchester police spokesman, Det Sgt Roger Napier said: "I have no doubt at all that they are linked - it is a mindless thing that people do and they have all happened in one particular area."

Trail of damage - the smashed windows at Plume Avenue Reformed Church, Prettygate, Colchester

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