Pumpkins hit in vandal rampage

VANDALS smashed pumpkins and sheds, tore plants to pieces and stole garden furniture in the latest of a string of rampages through the Twiss Road allotments.

Plot-holders described the incident as "soul-destroying", mentioning that three of their number are currently suffering from cancer and one is recovering from a stroke.

UPSET: Plot-holders at the Twiss Road allotments, where vandals caused destruction last week GIPM20121023E-003_C

Last week's attack was the latest in a string of similar incidents, one the previous evening.

Grandfather of nine Martin Crosby said: "This is people's passion, hobby, exercise everything.

"These little hounds, the politest word I can think of, have smashed sheds, taken beautiful pumpkins, which people like me grew for their grandchildren, and kicked them around the football pitch. At the weekend, they stole chairs and a bench and now this.

"One person has been going through hell, with cancer and heart surgery, and his was one of the worst hit.

"It's totally and utterly soul-destroying."

Fellow plot-holder Marcus Little, 57, whose gourds had been torn off and smashed, saw a group of youths hanging around the site hours before last week's incident.

He said: "It's upsetting, frightening, bewildering. It's been two night in succession, which is demented.

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Pumpkins hit in vandal rampage