FIVE cars were destroyed in three separate arson attacks over the weekend in Kidderminster.

In the first, at 6am on Saturday, three cars were burnt out after a Renault Laguna was deliberately set on fire outside Bradley Thursfield Court flats in Mill Street. The blaze spread to an Austin Metro and a Rover 820 parked nearby.

On Sunday at 12.50pm, the engine compartment and dashboard of a Volvo saloon parked outside St Chad's Church, Comberton, was burnt out.

At 6.15pm, also on Sunday, a Ford Escort was stripped and set on fire in Dunbar Close, Kidderminster. Firefighters attended all three incidents.