'So depressing' - Dismay as 'yobs' trash park and gardens again
Residents in Cowes on the Isle of Wight say they are 'heartbroken' and 'depressed' after so-called yobs trashed their communal park - again.
Arctic Park, off Arctic Road, Cowes, was found 'wrecked' this morning (Saturday).
It's thought vandals targeted the gardens overnight.
Passers-by discovered a picnic bench 'smashed up' and breeze blocks thrown around.
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There were also broken tree branches and litter strewn across the gardens.
Bench smashed up at Arctic Park, Cowes (Image: Mark Young) Lin Hayward, who has helped to regenerate the park, said: "I wonder why we bother, at times.
"After many hours of trying to regenerate this park, this morning Arctic Park is a site of broken tree branches and litter and the picnic bench has been wrecked by some morons.
"What possible enjoyment do such idiots get from this kind of behaviour?"
Posting on Facebook, fellow Cowes resident Mark Young said: "Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the yobs appear to have been at it again in Arctic Park."
Brick strewn across the ground (Image: Mark Young) Residents say it is not the first time the park has been targeted.
Town mayor, Cllr Stuart Ellis, confirmed he had alerted an environment officer at the Isle of Wight Council.
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