VANDALS left residents reeling in shock, after they went on a wrecking spree causing tens of thousands of pounds worth of damage to their cars.Residents in Thorington Park, Ipswich, awoke to find their cars had been splashed with a substance, believed to be paint stripper.

VANDALS left residents reeling in shock, after they went on a wrecking spree causing tens of thousands of pounds worth of damage to their cars.

Residents in Thorington Park, Ipswich, awoke to find their cars had been splashed with a substance, believed to be paint stripper.

Many of the cars had been stripped right back to the metalwork, after the thugs indiscriminately splashed more than ten cars with the poisonous liquid. Some will cost as much as £1,500 to repair.

The trail of destruction included cars on Gatekeeper Close, Swallowtail Close, Admiral Close, Grayling Road, and Skipper Road in Ipswich.

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