Five girls aged between eight and 10 arrested over bike thefts at nursery school Children quizzed by police after break-in... £500 damage caused Parents with their young daughters as officers question them By Craig Mackenzie Police arrested five primary schoolgirls - aged between eight and 10 - after a nursery school was burgled and five bikes stolen. Officers from Surrey Police confirmed it had questioned two eight-year-olds and three girls aged 10, after the break-in at the Leatherhead Trinity Children's Centre. The girls allegedly broke into the nursery and children's centre between August 16 and August 19, causing £500-worth of damage to equipment as well as stealing five bikes. Burgled: The Leatherhead Trinity Children's Centre in Surrey where five bikes were stolen and £500 damage caused Officers confirmed that the five bikes has since been found and returned to the centre. A police spokesman said the three girls aged 10 - the age of criminal responsibility - were interviewed under caution and the two eight-year-old were "spoken to" by officers. All had their parents with them when they were quizzed. The spokesman said: 'All the girls were spoken to and the three 10-year-olds were interview under caution. We are awaiting a report from the Youth Intervention Clinic and the investigation is ongoing. Local resident Barry Greenway, 37, said: "It's terrible that children so very young could be involved in a burglary of a nursery school. The damage they did and the fact they stole a bike each just makes me shudder. A spokesman for the Leatherhead Trinity Children's Centre said it could not comment due to the "ongoing police investigation"