Incident Report

Subject:         Intruder - Electrical Damage               

Date of Email reporting Incident:   Fri 11/10/2002 16:00

Report Detail:

Here is an example of criminal damage which could have cost a young man his life.  It is highly probable that the gentleman may have been under the influence of drugs as substances were recovered from his person when searched.

At 0508hrs on 10/10/02 a call was received at TES control room requesting security to attend XXXXXXX control room reference an intruder on the plant. all bravo sierra units attended. upon arrival the intruder found seated in the foyer of  XXXXXXX control room with plant personnel in attendance. In his possession he had a large spanner and a piece of plastic, these two items were removed from the gentleman for safety reasons. When questioned he stated his name was XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX of M'bro. When asked what he was doing he said that the place was on fire and full of dangerous chemicals and he wanted to shut the place down because he thought there was no-one around. Plant personnel checked the plant and detected damage to numerous electrical boxes. CCP were called and attended at 05.34 . The Gentleman was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and removed from site. Arresting officer was Police Constable XXXXXXXX.