A MAN has been charged with criminal damage after a pub and a church in Cleethorpes were vandalised.
Windows were smashed at the O'Neill's pub, in Grant Street, and at Christ Church, in Cleethorpe Road, either side of midnight on Tuesday.
Scott Lamond, 38, of no fixed address, was arrested following the incidents.
He has also been charged with:
Possessing an offensive weapon in a public place.
Use of threatening words to cause alarm and distress.
Theft by finding – relating to items allegedly taken from Harveys Lounge & Kitchen, in the High Street.
All these incidents took place on Tuesday, while the criminal damage to Christ Church happened in the early hours of Wednesday.
The incident at O'Neill's happened at around midnight as customers were in the pub, but no one was injured.
Staff worked hard to clear up the mess to ensure the venue could open up on Wednesday morning.
The windows are still boarded up, giving the impression to some that the pub is closed, but staff are keen to emphasise to customers that the pub is very much open for business.
Manager Michael Carrigan said: "Around midnight on Tuesday a number of windows at the pub were smashed. Fortunately, no one was hurt and I'd like to thank my team who all worked hard to clean up the mess so we could open on Wednesday.
"Our windows are boarded up at the moment while we wait for a glazier but we are trading as normal, so our customers can still enjoy a pint with us this weekend."
The Reverend Richard Holden, priest in charge at Christ Church, said he received a phone call from the police on Wednesday morning informing him that the vestry window at the rear of the building had been smashed at around half past midnight.
The building was unoccupied at the time.
He said: "All I know is that a brick was thrown through the window and that the police have charged somebody.
"It's toughened glass so it must have been given a good wallop.
"It's just a nuisance.
"There was glass everywhere.
"The police got the window boarded up, so at some point we will have to pay for whoever boarded it up and then buy another pane of glass."
Jake Harris, supervisor at Harveys Lounge & Kitchen, told the Grimsby Telegraph that a number of steel foot pegs – used for the barrier outside on the pavement– were taken from the doorway of the venue at around midnight.
The pub was closed but staff were cleaning up inside. Mr Harris said that CCTV footage showed a man taking one of the foot pegs and then coming back later for more.
