Police urge vigilance as horses escape from vandalised Mansfield paddock

Police working in the Bilsthorpe area urge landowners and farmers to be vigilant after horses escaped from a paddock when criminals vandalised fencing.

The unknown offenders cut the CCTV cables to the yard, ransacking the premises and leaving equipment and tools strewn about a field.

Nothing is believed to have been taken.

Police working in the Bilsthorpe area urge landowners and farmers to be vigilant.  (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)Police working in the Bilsthorpe area urge landowners and farmers to be vigilant.  (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Police working in the Bilsthorpe area urge landowners and farmers to be vigilant. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

The vandalism is believed to have happened sometime between 10pm on September 21 and 6am on September 22.

A police spokesman said: “Please report any suspicious vehicles to the police by calling 101.”

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