12:49pm Tuesday 26th May 2009 Volunteers at the shop on Epping High Street realised something was wrong when customers kept bringing items up to
the till that were cut to pieces. Mobile Manager Jean Green said: “It’s very scary to know that someone is coming into the shop with a knife. Only a knife could have done this, it’s quite vicious, we’re not talking about a little tear, they are slashed right through. “I noticed over the weekend that people were bringing up clothes with slashes in and one of the tops on the mannequin had also been cut up. I had put some things out the night before, some designer clothes, and by Saturday afternoon they were destroyed.” The team of volunteers at the shop held a fund raising event on Saturday (May 23) to raise money for the charity. Volunteer Gordy Turner said: “The fun day was lovely but this obviously put a downer on that. We held the pink themed day to raise money, but then lost even more from this vandalism. “There will be quite a lot of lost revenue because they have picked out the nice items.”
“I noticed at the beginning of last week that some of the clothes were ruined, but didn’t realise until the weekend that someone had done this on purpose.