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25/08/2003
Appeal for church vandals
Police are continuing to appeal for information after a Protestant church was damaged by vandals in Co Armagh at the weekend.
St Andrew's Church on the Maghery Road, near Portadown, had an estimated £2,500 worth of damage inflicted in the attack on Saturday night.
Three leaded glass windows were smashed, urns were damaged and wreaths were strewn around the graveyard during the incident.
SDLP councillor Dolores Kelly condemned those behind the attack describing the incident as "deplorable".
(MB)
St Andrew's Church on the Maghery Road, near Portadown, had an estimated £2,500 worth of damage inflicted in the attack on Saturday night.
Three leaded glass windows were smashed, urns were damaged and wreaths were strewn around the graveyard during the incident.
SDLP councillor Dolores Kelly condemned those behind the attack describing the incident as "deplorable".
(MB)
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