During such a hard time for closed businesses, it comes with great sadness and disappointment that our beer garden has been left in this state.
Last night between 9.30pm – midnight, a group of 4 have been caught on cctv completely abusing the area, breaking and throwing garden furniture, trying to smash down the smoking shelter, dumping all their trash as well as risking their own safety by climbing onto our restaurant roof.
We would kindly ask the community to share this and help it reach the people involved, before we have to forward the faces (who from cctv look as if they have visited before) to the police .
Attached are some photos of the mess. Thank you for your support.
UPDATE: 03-03-21: Eight 15-year-olds & a 16-year-old youth have been identified, traced & have been charged with causing damage to Conifox Adventure Park in Kirkliston which happened on Tuesday February 16.
ORIGINAL STORY:
The team at Conifox Adventure Park praise a wonderful community spirit which saw so many offers of help flooding in after recent vandalism
Conifox Adventure Park director, James Gammell, has issued a statement to express his gratitude, in response to the overwhelming support the park received following the sad events that saw their beloved space vandalised over the last few days.
James said, “So many friends, visitors and members of the community and local tradesmen have come forward with kind words and offers of help to tidy up our family business, as well as offers to replace and fit damaged equipment at the park.
“I really appreciate all the messages and the support we have received, and my team and I couldn’t have foreseen the extent of your praise and the love you showed us.
“I also feel that it’s fair to express our gratitude to many of the parents concerned, whom, by lunchtime on Thursday 18th February and merely hours after my original post on our social media platforms, had already taken full responsibility and marched their sons to Conifox to apologise and survey the damage.
“This was an example of great parenting and you should all be commended for setting an example to the young men involved.”
All of the 13 perpetrators concerned have been identified and the police will now be able to continue with their processes.
James continues, “We really hope lessons have been learned, and the individuals involved in these extremely distressing acts will now go on to make amends and succeed in life.
“I would be lying if I said the events did not make for incredibly stressful and emotional days – Conifox Adventure Park is our family business, we all love working here and bringing joy to children all over Scotland – but I am also truthfully grateful that such a strong community spirit had the chance to come to the fore.”
James and his team have now agreed the youths involved in the incidents will make their way back to Conifox Adventure Park in order to make amends and tidy and clean the marquee, under their parents’ supervision, and they hope their insurance policy will cover their claims.
Conifox Adventure Park has been closed due to lockdown, but James and the team hope to reopen soon and continue to offer much-needed joy and a wonderful day out to both children and their families.
To find out more visit the Conifox Adventure Park Facebook page @conifoxadventurepark or www.conifox.co.uk.
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The incidents happened during the early hours of Saturday 26 December 2020 while the vehicles were parked on Echline View, Echline Avenue, Stoneyflatts Crescent, Inchgarvie Park, Stewart Terrace, Station Road and Lawson Crescent.
A man was seen in the area at the time and is described as wearing a dark coloured hoody and distinctive jogging bottoms that are tight at the ankles but baggy and loose fitting at the top.
Constable Gill Young, from South Queensferry Police Station, said: “We are appealing to the local community living in or near these streets to check any CCTV or doorbell footage for any footage or images of this male who was seen between 4.20am and 4.30am.
“If you have any information, please call us on 101 quoting incident number 1178 of 26 December 2020. You can also call anonymously with information about these crimes by contacting Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”
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The incidents took place in the Museum last Friday (24 January) and again the following day, while a similar attack has since been reported at the Festival Theatre on Nicholson Street.
In all of the incidents glue was applied to areas of the venues’ toilets.
Inspector Trish Robertson, of the West End Community Policing Team, said: “Thankfully nobody has been seriously injured as a result of these incidents, however these thoughtless acts were extremely irresponsible and could have potentially harmed young children.
“Officers are conducting a thorough investigation and I would urge anyone with any information, of who may have seen something suspicious, to contact Police via 101, quoting incident 2808 of 27 January.”
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