A NEW mum woke up to find her brand new car had been completely vandalised outside her home.
Courtney Simmonds, who lives with her partner Matty Degutis, believes her car has been wrongly targeted by vandals in Elgar Avenue, Malvern.
She woke to find bright orange, white and red squiggles had been spray painted over her Ford at some point between 10pm and 7am on Tuesday night (October 4).
Vandals have also keyed the car - as well as spray painting nearby fences.
Miss Simmonds, age 21, said she bought her new car a week and a half ago and was left feeling distraught after she realised the car had been spray painted and keyed.
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The damage was first spotted by Miss Simmonds' younger brother when he was leaving the house at around 8am for school on Wednesday (October 5).
Mr Dugutis, age 24, said: "We have spoken to the insurance company and we will have to pay £800.
"House prices are going up and having a three-week-old baby and this is the last thing we needed to wake up to in the morning.
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"I work in retail and my partner is on maternity leave at the moment, so we don't have a lot of money.
"We have a Ring doorbell, but it ran out of battery two days ago so we don't have any footage of what happened.
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"The night before we went to the shop at around 9.30pm and the car was fine when we got back.
"My partner is quite upset, she started crying when she saw it.
"I have never experienced anything like it, I'm not happy about it.
"We haven't got a car at the moment, but we have a little girl and we are still going in and out of the hospital a lot.
"It's quite distressing really."
A spokesperson from West Mercia Police said: "We are investigating after receiving a report of criminal damage to a car that was parked at a property on Elgar Avenue, Malvern.
"It happened between 10pm last night (Tuesday 4 October) and 8am this morning (Wednesday 5 October).
"Anyone who was in the area and may have seen anything that could help enquiries is asked to visit https://www.westmercia.police.uk/contact/af/contact-us/ or call 101 quoting incident 67 of 5 October.
"Alternatively, if you have information but don’t feel comfortable speaking to police, you can speak to the independent charity Crimestoppers."
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