An incident of vandalism at St. Margarets Church in Bowers Gifford took place on October 28. The church sustained damage to various parts of the building including the roof, porch and stained-glass window.
Vandals smashed its windows and kicked up grave markers. Church warden, Nikki Dilorenzon, said yobs had attempted to use a heavy stone bird-bath as a “battering ram” to gain access to the church, but were prevented by the iron gates along the doorway. The damage to the roof suggests they then climbed up and attempted to break through to gain entry.
Members of the community had volunteered to clean up the damage in the aftermath of the incident. Nikki said: “This will have a massive knock-on effect on the community, we have had lots of people volunteer to clean it up and it goes to show the church is loved, but for this to happen affects a lot of people.”