Vandals have gone on the rampage in a Burnham-On-Sea public garden, ripping up paving stones and damaging seats.
Marine Cove has been partially closed to the public after vandals conducted the night-time attack over the weekend.
Speaking on Monday night, Mayor Eric Gill hit out at the vandals, saying: “It’s a disgrace. They’ve ripped up 30 paving slabs around the edge of the garden. It’s completly pointless.”
“It’s so bad that we’ve had to tape the area off.”
The incident comes just a fortnight after Burnham police bosses vowed to crack down on trouble in the gardens following previous incidents regarding alcohol abuse and vandalism.
Nearby residents say police rushed to the scene in the early hours of Sunday when the incident unfolded. The town council now faces a bill of several hundred pounds to get the damage repaired.
