A charity shop in Saffron Walden has been targeted by vandals who threw white paint over the store’s front window on Sunday, November 22.

Saffron Walden Reporter: The letter in the window of Oxfam in King Street, explaining the incidentThe letter in the window of Oxfam in King Street, explaining the incident (Image: Archant)

The Oxfam shop in King Street also had its front door handle covered in superglue in the attack, which took place between 6am and 8am.

A letter was posted on the shop window explaining the situation to customers, it read: “We apologise for the white paint mess in front of the shop. Sunday morning someone threw white gloss there, leaving us this vandalism to clear up, and now what’s left is a permanent reminder of this sad and upsetting event.”

The manager of Oxfam did not want to comment on the incident.