Reward to help crack the toilet fire case

Tuesday 28 October 2014

There’s now a £250 reward to catch the person or people responsible for a sudden spate of fires in public toilets around the Island.

Crimestoppers are offering the reward “to anyone that provides information that could lead to any of the offenders involved in the fires, being arrested or charged”.

You can call Crimestoppers on 0800 555111 and the Police on 612612.

Between midnight and 3.50 am on Saturday fires were discovered at the male public toilets at La Mare Slip in St Clement, the male and female toilets at La Roque Harbour, the male toilets at La Pulente and the female public toilets at Jersey Pearl at the other end of St Ouen’s Bay.

The police say that toilet paper dispensers were set alight and left to burn, and Firefighters had to be called to put out the flames. No one was hurt in any of the fires, but there was fire and smoke damage to the toilets.

They also say that they are waiting for the States’ Property Holdings department to come back with an estimate for the damage, but that the owner of the toilet block at La Pulente estimated the damage at around £10,000.

The police also say that there was a similar spate last month when fires were found in toilets on La Route des Laveurs in St Ouen, Route de la Haule, at Corbiere and on Commercial Buildings.

A statement from the police said: “No injuries or harm occurred to any persons during these incidents but a considerable amount of fire and smoke damage was caused to all the properties in question.

“Did you see any vehicles in the area or people hanging around the toilets in the night? Did you notice anyone smelling strongly of smoke?”