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| Arrest after vehicle damages three planes at Englefield airfield | Arrest after vehicle damages three planes at Englefield airfield |
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| A man has been arrested after three light aircraft were vandalised at an airfield near Reading. | A man has been arrested after three light aircraft were vandalised at an airfield near Reading. |
| Thames Valley Police said it appeared a vehicle was driven into the Cessna single engine planes in Englefield. | |
| The three planes have been written of as a result of the damage, estimated by the owners at up to £700,000. | |
| A Jeep Grand Cherokee was discovered set alight nearby, in Bath Road. A 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident. | A Jeep Grand Cherokee was discovered set alight nearby, in Bath Road. A 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident. |
| Buildings at the airfield were also damaged by the planes being pushed into them. | |
| Hare coursing | |
| Police said the planes were a 50 vintage type, a four-seater piston-powered plane and a six-seater light business plane. | Police said the planes were a 50 vintage type, a four-seater piston-powered plane and a six-seater light business plane. |
| The damage was discovered by estate staff shortly after 07:00 BST. They had been told that animals had escaped onto the nearby A4, and found a gate had been forced open. | |
| David Wiggins, gamekeeper at the Englefield Estate, said: "We're pretty sure they were in after hares. | |
| "We've got a lot of problems with hare coursing. | |
| "Not just coursing, but just driving the animals over, running them over, flattening them. | |
| "That's what it started as I guess and then it turned into this damage we've got here." | |
| Peter Ford, owner of the 50 vintage type said: "The guys obviously came with this four-wheel drive, pushed the aircraft into the back of the barn and then came again." | |
| He said his plane's wing had been "snapped off". |