A 20-year-old motorist was injured after a yob hurled a microwave through the windscreen of a moving car. The driver had been travelling along when he saw a moped with two people on it coming towards him with no lights on at 11pm on Sunday (October 16).
The pillion passenger then launched the kitchen appliance as the scooter passed by, causing the windscreen to shatter and glass to spray inside the car. A shocking photograph shows how the microwave became lodged into the glass after the driver of the blue Ford Fiesta was injured during the bizarre attack.
Police are now hunting the thugs, who struck on Heapham Road, in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, and believe they could be behind other incidents of criminal damage in the town. A Lincolnshire Police spokesperson said: "We are investigating a report of an incident where a microwave was thrown at the windscreen of a moving car.
"The windscreen was damaged, and the occupant of the car was injured, thankfully not seriously. The driver of a blue Ford Fiesta saw a moped with two people on it travelling towards him without any lights on.
"As the moped passed the blue car, the rear passenger is reported to have thrown a microwave at the windscreen of the car. There have been a number of reports of criminal damage to cars in Gainsborough, both last weekend and again this weekend.
"While we are keeping an open mind, we believe the incident on Heapham Road and the other reports of damage to vehicles maybe connected. We have taken reports of damage to vehicles on Corringham Road, Garfield Street and Forster Street, where witnesses have seen a rider and passenger on a moped, and using items described as a goal post, and a weapon believed to be an axe to damage cars."
Superintendent Phil Baker added “We are taking these crimes seriously and have our officers, including additional officers, working hard to identify those involved. All of these incidents are serious, the incident where the microwave was thrown at the car is a real concern.
“We need the help of the community to come forward and tell us what they know. There will be people who know who are responsible. This time no one was seriously injured, we want to identify who is responsible. My ask of the local community is to contact us.
"This can be directly or through the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously.”
Anyone with information is asked to call 101 or email the force at force.control@lincs.police.uk - quoting reference incident 124 of October 16. Alternatively, contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at crimestoppers-uk.org.
