A teacher has spoken of her fear she had been personally targeted after vandals attacked her car as it was parked in Plymouth, covering it with superglue and sealing the doors shut.
Student teacher Jenny Bradshaw had left her red Citroen C3 parked overnight in the city centre and when she returned to it the following afternoon she found the locks and doors had all been sealed.
The mystery attacker had even glued down the petrol cap and wiper blades in what police described as a "pointless crime against a lovely woman".
Jenny, 31, said: "I got to the car and unlocked it with my central locking and when I got to the door, I realised there was glue all over the door handle and the lock.
"It was all over the seal of the door so when I tried to open it, it wouldn't open.
"I went round to the other side and saw that the petrol cap had been glued around the seal so I couldn't open that.
"The left windscreen wiper was also glued to the windscreen and there was a big blob of glue on the front bonnet and also on the back windscreen as well."
The car was parked outside the former St John's Ambulance centre in Plymouth, Devon and police suspect the vandal struck after burgling the building and stealing the glue.
Jenny added: "I think it was unprovoked - the police said someone broke into the hall and stole glue.
"None of the other cars parked nearby were damaged so I think it was just unlucky.
"At the time I took it quite personally."
Jenny, of Kingsbridge, eventually managed to get into the 10 year-old car, worth £1,000, after her dad helped her scrape off the glue.
She has yet to tot up the cost of repairing the damage and added: "If I can use it the car without it being affected, then I won't get the insurance involved."
Police said: "Somebody has decided to damage the vehicle by super gluing the locks, petrol cap, doors, and wiper blades.
"The owner of the vehicle is a lovely person and we do not know the motive behind it.
"Pointless crimes like this can cause great upset, distress and inconvenience."
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