Teens caught in old Priors Croft building

You would assume from the above picture that this is a Christmas message but this is a hat from one of a number of teenagers seen running out of the old Priors Croft Nightclub building opposite Malvern Theatre, around 5pm this evening. Officers attended a report of banging and crashing coming from within the building which has been unoccupied for a number of years and is in a dangerous state, with rotten flooring and unstable supporting joists within the building. 

Over the summer holidays Police have received several reports of trespassers within the building and damage being caused to the inside of the building. On this occasion PC Dave Olczak and PCSO Collette Carpenter attended the building where PCSO Carpenter witnessed a number of teenage boys running out of the building wearing Christmas hats. You would have assumed the easiest way to evade Police would have been to exit up the chimney to a waiting Sleigh but they decided to make a dasher for it over the fence. 

Unfortunately, the officers were on the wrong side of the building to catch up with them on that occasion but the teenagers returned to the building less than half an hour later and this time officers managed to catch two teenagers making off from the location. PC Dave Olczak and PC Kevin Johns detained two of the lads and educated them  both on just how dangerous the building was before taking them both home to have another chat back at their respective addresses. Hopefully they have learned their lesson and won’t end up with coal in their stocking on Christmas morning. 

Please warn your children not to go near this building. The biggest concern with buildings such as this one is that they are extremely dangerous to enter and it is only a matter of time before someone gets seriously hurt or killed while exploring. This particular building is one that officers from Malverns safer neighbourhood team are paying regular spot check visits to and ensuring that we surround the building before entering the grounds, to ensure that trespassers are dealt with accordingly.