A popular Cardiff cafe had its windows smashed in a criminal act. The incident occurred on the afternoon of Friday, December 29, when the store owner was visiting his sick father.

Surveillance footage from the cafe, taken just before 1 a.m. on Friday, shows a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt and reflective sneakers approaching and hitting the window with what appears to be a metal bar at least eight times before briefly disappearing. of the camera view. .

Cafe owner Mehmet Unvar (known to customers as ‘Metch’) said: ‘It’s very upsetting to be attacked in this way. Especially after everything Metchy has been through. I opened the cafe just before Covid, after doing a complete renovation and we managed to overcome it.

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“We have had two previous invasions and the rising cost of living in the UK is really a challenge. I work seven days a week, from opening to closing. “I went to Turkey for the first time this year to visit my bad father and I got the news of this… it’s heartbreaking.”

A South Wales Police spokesperson said: “South Wales Police are investigating reports of criminal damage to property in Cathays Terrace, Cardiff. At around 12:30pm on Friday, December 29, three windows on the first floor were broken.