Police have launched an investigation after windows and a door were smashed by vandals at a pub embroiled in a race row over displaying golliwog dolls. Benice Ryley, 61, said she was left shaken when a brick was hurled through the window of The White Hart Inn, in Grays, Essex.
The pub has been at the centre of a row over their collection of 15 golly dolls and was previously visited by Essex Police following an anonymous complaint. The dolls were confiscated by police last week who said the toys, which were gifted to the pub over many years by customers, were a suspected "hate crime".
Officers returned to the pub at closing time on Saturday night after the brick was launched through a window while Benice and several customers were inside. A number of panes of glass were broken by the offenders who then fled before police arrived.
