The play park off St James Street in Daisy Hill was just lately left in a multitude after a bin was set alight, garbage was ‘strewn in every single place’ and canine poo was smeared round it.
A clean-up effort by the council’s waste staff and volunteers has now cleared the mess, however locals nonetheless can not believethat somebody would do one thing so disgusting.
The ‘well-used’ playground was vandalised on the weekend of September 23-24 after which cleaned up on the Monday, September 25.
Cllr David Chadwick of Westhoughton South has requested for a substitute bin to be put within the place of the vandalised one and reported the incident to the police.
He says Greater Manchester Police are set to submit an arson report and want to determine the offenders.
Cllr Chadwick mentioned: “It was horrendous. I do not envy our groups who’ve to wash up this stuff.
“It is not one thing any person ought to be anticipated to do.
“I do know that the groups that do that are fabulous. It is a horrible process we ask them to do, I do know they receives a commission, however I do commend the work they do.
“I’ll exit of my method to thank them, because the neighbourhood could be lots worse with out them.”
The park after having been cleaned (Image: Cllr David Chadwick)
He continued: “Police are attempting to determine the individuals accountable. I’ve not but had any data from the police as to whether or not they have managed to take them down.
“I see the Westhoughton and Horwich policing staff round Westhoughton commonly.
“The sergeant accountable for the Westhoughton for the staff, they’re very thorough, organised and accountable. Fingers crossed they handle to catch those that did this.
“I’ve an eight-year-old grandson, I would not need for him to play on that playground and discover that stuff.”
This comes after vandals broke into automobiles in Westhoughton on multiple event over the summer season.
Multiple automobiles had their home windows smashed in and one automobile had AirPods stolen from it.
Police launched an investigation into the vandalism and put out an enchantment.
