Two men accused of being involved in a campaign of damage against a Suffolk travel company have chosen not to give evidence during their trial.

Before Ipswich Crown Court are Adrian Ling, 63,  of Woodside, Beccles and Daniel Garrison, 34, of Danforth Drive, Woodbridge.

They have denied conspiring to commit criminal damage to property belonging to Goldline Travel between December 2012 and November 2019.

Ling has also denied four offences of having an air rifle with intent to commit criminal damage.

It has been alleged that during a campaign of violence by Ling against Goldline Travel its vehicles were repeatedly vandalised and on several occasions taxis were shot at with an air rifle.

The court heard that Ling started working with Goldline in 2008 as a mechanic and was sacked by its owner Ian Trussler in 2012.

“It is clear that he was very angry about being sacked and it’s the prosecution case that he has harboured a significant personal grudge against Ian Trussler and Goldline and has carried out a sustained vendetta against them,” alleged Andrew Thompson, prosecuting 

He claimed that Ling, who was convicted of stealing diesel from Goldline but subsequently acquitted on appeal, started the vendetta following his dismissal while Garrison allegedly joined the conspiracy in 2016.

The trial continues.