Attempted cable theft shuts down Chertsey stores

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Attempted cable theft shuts down Chertsey stores

By Carl Gavaghan
December 13, 2010

BUSINESSES in Chertsey were left literally powerless on Saturday afternoon as an attempted cable theft cut electricity to much of the town.

Almost 1,000 properties were without power, with some?stores in Guildford Street?forced to close and others having to turn staff away on their busiest day of the year.?

UK Power Networks said there had been an attempted?cable theft in Staines Road.

Michelle Buck, who owns the Ladybird Cafe in Guildford Street, said business was booming?at the time the power went down.

She said: “Everything just went black.

“The cafe was jam-packed at the time and it was so disappointing to have to turn people away.

“In the end we had to close as we did not know how long the power would be down for. It cost me a lot of business.”

UK Power Networks said the incident occurred at around 1.15pm and that the damage caused during the attempted theft cut power to 933 customers.

Engineers restored electricity to 857 premises at 2pm and a further 71 at 3.16pm, but?five properties did not get their power back until after 9pm.

A spokesman for UK Power Networks said it was helping police investigate the attempted theft.

"We understand how difficult it is to be without power and would like to apologise for the inconvenience caused," he said.

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