GRIEVING relatives have spoken of their disgust after vandals desecrated eleven graves in Marlow Cemetery.
Joyce Farndell, whose husband's grave had the flowers torn from the bed and strewn across the grounds, said: 'It is very upsetting, I wonder what pleasure they got from it?'
Mrs Farndell was replanting the grave with her daughter, Janice Randall, on Tuesday, the day before the vandalism attack.
She said: 'I would have them exposed, their faces in the paper so everybody knows who they are. If it was my children I would take them to the police myself.
'We are absolutely appalled that anyone could do something like this.'
The vandals left a trail of devastation through the cemetery in Wethered Road, Marlow, kicking in headstones, smashing urns and ripping up flowers planted by caring relatives.
Fred May, superintendent at the cemetery, said he has never seen anything like this in the 40 years he has tended the grounds.
He added: 'It is very upsetting for the people concerned. Some people try to work their grief off by tending graves and this is very upsetting for them. We repaired most of the damage on the Saturday.'
A woman whose partner is buried in the cemetery, but who asked not to be named, said she was horrified at the attack.
She added: 'They should be named and shamed. How people could do this is beyond comprehension. I dread to think what I would do to anybody who desecrated my partner's grave.
'If one of my sons was doing anything like this I would thrash them within an inch of their lives. The problem is that many parents either don't care or know what is going on.'
Deputy Marlow Mayor Doug Anson, MBE, called the people responsible sick and twisted and urged anyone to pass information to the police.
He added: 'These people have sunk to a new low in vandalism around the town.'
PC Stephen Jackson of Marlow Police Station said: 'It is total mindless vandalism caused by the unsavoury elements in our society.
'We would urge anyone to come forward with information as soon as possible so we can bring these individuals to book.'
Police would like to hear from a man Mr May saw in the cemetery on Wednesday evening as he was locking the side gate.
He is described as white, of slim build, 5ft 11ins, in his late 20s with a sallow complexion and wearing a white baseball cap worn back to front. He was seen carrying a can of lager, the same as one found in the middle of the cemetery on the Thursday morning.
Call Marlow Police Station on (01628) 816920
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