"Kate Morgan" wrote in message
o.uk...
My daughter has had her allotment ruined, she grows flowers shrubs etc. at
home and keeps the allotment for vegetables and soft fruit, She is very
keen gardener and competes at local flower shows etc. Her allotment is or
was organic and she grows herbs amongst the veg, I am telling you this cos
it says the sort of gardener she is. However a few days ago someone put
weedkiller all over the plants and yesterday after being away for a
camping weekend she found that someone had pulled up all the plants and
burnt the lot. She knows who it was but cannot contact them, the fact that
the person involved is of limited intelligence makes it almost impossible
to take the matter further. I feel so sad for her :-(

kate

Oh Kate, what a tragic waste. She must report this to the police. It may
be criminal damage, or it may be a hate crime. I am not fooled by the
'limited intelligence' tag; they knew what they meant to do .. knew what to
use to poison the crops and knew they could cover their tracks by burning
everything. Even if the police can't act against her suspect, they will
certainly file a report. This is not a useless tactic; it enables the
police to bargain more effectively for more men and resources. In her
place, I would report it to the police at once *and* have a chat with the
local SNT (Safer Neighbourhood Team); they may agree to include that area in
their patrol.

I am so sad for your daughter, and so angry that someone can destroy
another's work. Please try and persuade her to call the police.

Spider