Parishioners in St Ouen are faced with a �4,500 bill to replace a stained glass window which was broken after it was repeatedly hit with a football.

Constable Ken Vibert said some parents were already helping in the area.

He said he hoped once a position for a youth worker in the parish was filled, more could be done to stop such damage.

Recreation management

The stained glass window in the Parish Hall, which dated back to 1882, was damaged by vandals who broke two panels with footballs in April. It is now boarded up.

Insurance will cover the cost of the two broken panels, but experts have said it should all be replaced. That would cost the parish �4,500.

Constable Vibert asked parents to keep a closer eye on their children to make sure this sort of vandalism did not happen again.

He said: "A number of parents have already come forward and taken on the management of the recreation field, and I am hoping that, with a new youth worker, we will get more parents involved.

"We are waiting for the Education Department, because it will be a joint venture with it. But hopefully by the autumn someone will be appointed."