My last car was vandalised in the street along with 5 others, caused approx £10000 damage, the Police did catch the scumbag, took him to court and all he got was two weeks community service, I and everybody else am out of pocket due to the claims on insurance, paying the excess and also the increase in premiums. There is no justice for the victims of any type of crime in this country any more. Overall directly from my pocket this has cost me about £800 not to mention my lost time in getting the car repaired. (And the embarrassment of having to drive a Ford Ka) Why should I be out of pocket when all I did was park my car in the street.
Really feel for you Pendlerose, I hope you find out who did it then maybe you could extract you own justice.