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VANDALS who climbed on to a church roof were putting their own lives and those of other people in danger, a vicar has warned.
A large stone pillar was pushed off the roof of St Mary's Church in Haverhill, leaving a dent in the church's flat roof and a hole in the grass were it fell.
And an engineer who examined the clock at the front of the church, which had shown the wrong time on several occasions recently, said he believed someone had been on the roof and tampered with it.
The Rev Edmund Betts said the huge stone must have been pushed off deliberately as it had dented the roof at the front of the church and would have to have been pushed again to reach the ground.
He believes the incident demonstrated one benefit that will result if plans for the church to be floodlit go ahead.
The clock face is at least 80ft off the ground and he said whoever pushed the stone off risked falling off the roof or hitting someone below.
Mr Betts said: "My concern is about their safety and whether it was just an accident or something deliberate.
"It is going to cost us money to repair the roof.
"I will be asking the police to keep a close eye on the roof in future.
Mick Fenn, of St Edmundsbury Borough Council's markets and car parks supervisor, who is responsible for the upkeep of the clock, said it had been tampered with in the past.
The engineer who had inspected the clock said its face and tiles on the roof had been damaged.

Picture caption: St Mary's Church in Haverhill