Pastor Jo Thorne at Alive Church has been left “devastated” after two large nutcracker statues were ripped from outside the site's Santa’s grotto on Sunday.

Two men, driving a black Audi A3, were caught on CCTV destroying the chains attached to the statues using a pair of bolt cutters at the site in Nelson Street at 7.55pm.

The decorations, which were a part of a larger display created by volunteers, each cost about £250 and were paid for by a member of the community using their inheritance.

Ms Thorne said: “We’re gutted, absolutely........

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