This morning one male and one female entered one of the shops, caused
a distraction whilst another male outside the shop daubed red paint
over the glass. We have good CCTV footage which the police will not
let us publish yet - although we are allowed to show this image
http://www.silverstall.com/images/nonstockphotos/vandalism.jpg

'heavy handed thugs' maybe this description was a bit off the mark as
they are more the anarchist type.

I still cannot believe a search engine would sink this low in order to
promote their campaign. There were hundreds of witnesses, who all now
associate the name ask.com with jackboot marketing. Whatever their
agenda it has failed.
My agenda its simply to protect staff, customers and property.
Negative publicity of this nature is not a good thing for any business
- even when your the innocent party.