COUNCILLORS in a Derby suburb have vowed to stamp out the "foul antics" of vandals who left a children's play area strewn with litter, broken glass and human excrement.
Parents arriving with their children to play on the apparatus at Oakwood Park, off Springwood Drive, on Saturday were appalled to find the mess and soon left.
Mum Nicola Best said: "There was excrement, food waste, glass and even a hacksaw lying in the play area.
"Clearly, a group of people had spent time there the night before in what is a fenced area. It should not be allowed.
"Two councillors had turned up to clean up when I was leaving, although they should not have to do it."
Councillor Mick Barker said he was disgusted by the state of the children's play area.
He said: "Along with fellow councillor Frank Harwood, we strongly condemn the foul antics of those responsible.
"Police,youth workers and residents have been notified together with licensed outlets in the area.
"The presence of human excrement highlights the utter animalistic nature of those responsible.
"It took Frank Howard and myself 40 minutes to remove this filth together with broken glass in the grass by exercise equipment. This behaviour be stamped out in Oakwood."
