The owners of a family-run business have been left "devastated" after they were targeted by burglars twice in one week, costing them an estimated £7,000 in damage and losses.
John and Sharon Marsh own Hang It Picture Framing in Totterdown, and have been targeted by thieves who took three paintings from their shop. Burglars first tried to break in just after midnight on Friday, February 18, but were unable to get into the property after they triggered the alarm on a fire door.
The husband-and-wife team secured the doors to prevent another break in, but on Sunday, February 20 at about 9pm, they were targeted again. Thieves broke in through the back of the building, chiselling away parts of the surrounding brickwork so they could pull away bars which covered a window before making their way through it.
