Hooded yob seen launching brick at window of Fife house

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A hood was recorded throwing a brick through the window of a home on Martin Street in Buckhaven.
A hooded thug has been captured lobbing a brick through a window of a Fife home, as police launch a probe.
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On Tuesday August 19, at around 4.50pm, a man wearing a full grey tracksuit and covering his face with his hood was caught vandalising a property on Martin Street in Buckhaven.
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In a video shared to social media, the yob was recorded sneaking around the side of the house before taking a brick from the back of the garden and launching it through a downstairs window.
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In the clip, another low-level window to the left is also cracked. The hood is then seen running off after the attack on the home.
The vandalism took place in broad daylight with neighbours already out in their gardens before the home was struck.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: 'Around 4.50pm on Tuesday, 19 August, 2025, we received a report of vandalism to a property on Martin Street, Buckhaven.
'Enquiries are ongoing.'
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Last month, in a separate incident, we reported that a cruel vandal carried out a hammer attack on a lifeline van owned by a poverty and homelessness charity in Glasgow.
The Halliday Foundation chief Chris Halliday was in a meeting with a housing association when the incident took place on Duke Street, in the city's Dennistoun area, at around 4.15pm on Wednesday, July 16.
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Chris, who watched the moment unfold on CCTV, said a man riding an orange bike struck the van's windows with a 'hammer' before leaving the scene. He said it was a 'malicious attack', and confirmed nothing was stolen from the vehicle.
Pictures taken in the aftermath of the incident show the extent of the damag e, with the street and the van's interior left covered in smashed glass.
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The damaged motor has been taken off the road, causing delays in delivering essential items to some of the city's most vulnerable people.
Chris, 35, told the Record: "I just could not believe it. You don't expect it to happen. I opened the van door and the window just smashed and fell on the road.
"It was someone on an orange bike. He just stopped at the van, took a hammer out of his jacket and hit the wing mirror with it, then hit the window before cycling away again.
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"I definitely think it's targeted and malicious. It's not as if it's someone who just thinks 'I'm going to smash a van', because surely you wouldn't hit a charity van."
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