THREE vandals who admitted causing nearly £2,000 worth of damage will not be prosecuted after police said they had spent enough time on the incident.

The teenagers had initially offered to pay £142 each and apologise in public for the damage at Sedbury village hall.

But when the offer was reduced to £75 to hall owners Tidenham parish council "sadly" asked the police to prosecute.

In a series of e-mails to parish clerk Jan Cordon, local police sergent Carl Bourne explained the background to the decision.

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