The intruders entered through a window which they broke and then proceeded to wreak havoc in the officers, pulling open drawers and emptying the contents on the floors, damaging property and strewing campaign materials around the rooms in what appeared to be a general act of vandalism.

The intruders also stole one Dell Optiplex desktop computer and money from a fund-raising moneybox as well as destroyed two laptops that they encountered. Finally they happened upon a black in refill for a stamp pad which they then sprayed over the walls of one corner of the office and damaged a computer in the process.

This was following a previous intrusion the week before when two laptops were stolen. These laptops were the personal property of two of P&P's staff and were not covered by insurance.

P&P is a not-for-profit organisation and its income comes solely from funding and donations and it can ill afford to have to replace stolen equipment and broken windows.