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Our £800k family home & FIVE cars were terrorised by yobs in a mystery vendetta – they covered our Audis in graffiti
A FAMILY were left "petrified" when their £800,000 home and five cars were all GRAFFITIED.
The Joneses woke to discover their detached four-bed in Billericay, Essex, and their Audis and Range Rover had all been daubed in a "vendetta gone wrong".
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The scrawls covered every external wall of their detached home and cars including two £20,000 white Audi A1s.
Louts also slashed their tyres after CCTV at the home was disabled in the overnight attack.
But despite the shocking damage police have DITCHED the investigation.
Daughter Sophie Jones, 25, told of the horror of waking on Sunday morning to find the family home of 31-years covered with red spray paint.
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Sophie said: “This is a family home that has been wrongly targeted as some sort of vendetta.
“My family home has been vandalised, with every tyre of five cars slashed, and graffiti all over the house and cars.
“We are devastated that anyone could do this. The whole family is still in shock at how someone could be so evil for no reason at all.
“It has completely shaken us all up.”
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Property owner Simon Jones, 61, said: "I've no idea how much money it'll cost to repair the damage.
"The house has to be painted but I've no clue how much it'll cost. They stabbed 13 tyres.
"There's no footage or anything. In Billericay on Sunday there was lots of damage to various properties with pink paint.
"Last night four shop front windows were smashed through. There's clearly a problem around here."
The attack occurred at 2.30am last weekend when the vandals spray-painted over the CCTV cameras before slashing all 25 tyres of the family's five cars.
Cops were called that morning and the family has since increased security at the home, terrified of another attack.
Sophie added: “My parents are retired and have lived at their home for 31 years trouble-free and have had no disputes whatsoever. We have now had to get extra security.
“We are even scared to sleep because we feel like people are watching us.”
Incredibly, Essex cops have said they are no longer investigating - blaming a “lack of positive lines of enquiry”.
A spokesman for Essex Police said: “We were called shortly before 10am on Sunday, following reports of criminal damage at a property in Billericay.
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“Following a review, this investigation has now been filed due to a lack of positive lines of enquiry.
“Should more information come forward, it could be subject to further review.”
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