A DRIVER has hit out at the vandals who smashed her car up — using a ‘for sale’ sign.
Sheena McLaren, 33, was preparing to drive to work from her home in Carnoustie when she realised the back window of her Audi S3 had been vandalised.
The civil servant phoned the police and noticed the sign nearby, which she believes was uprooted from a local property and smashed right through the window.
While her insurance is covering most of the cost, it has left Sheena without a car for a week while it is repaired and she called on anyone with information to come forward.
She said: “I got in my car to go to work at about 8.30am on Friday and it was when I looked in my rear-view mirror that I saw the massive hole.
“I got out of my car and noticed a ‘for sale’ sign that had been moved from a nearby house, so I put two and two together.
“The incident appeared to happen at about midnight. I didn’t hear anything, but two neighbours heard the car alarm going off at midnight.
“I think once the alarm went off they would have got a fright and just run away.”
Sheena said the incident had left her angry but hoped by going public it would stop the vandals carrying out similar attacks in the future.
She said: “I called the police and gave them all my details and they said they may try some door-to-door inquiries.
“They were saying there’s probably nothing they can do although there is CCTV on Carnoustie High Street.
“Even if there was anyone hanging around that area it obviously wouldn’t prove anything.
“You get people lurking up a nearby alleyway because it’s a blindspot and, of course, it’s the summer holidays.
“Apparently about three or four years ago there was a lot of cars keyed but it’s usually a really quiet area.
“I’m pretty angry and disappointed as my car is my pride and joy and it’s quite a new car. It means I’m without a car for a week as they’ve got to order in a windscreen.
“I hope it gives somebody a fright, because they’ll see I’m not just sitting quiet, I’m doing something about it — so I hope they get a scare.
“I’m having to pay £75 excess but I don’t know what the full price of the damage was as the repair firm just said ‘you don’t want to know’.”
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “We are appealing for information after vandalism to a car at Terrace Road, Carnoustie, sometime between 6pm on Thursday and 8.45am on Friday.
“Anyone with information is asked to contact Tayside Division on 101.”