POLICE are appealing for witnesses after the theft of plants and flowers from a number of graves at a cemetery in Shurdington near Cheltenham.


One of the plots at the St Paul's churchyard, which was being tended by an 89-year-old widower, has been targeted five times in recent months causing great distress to the victim and his family.

Officers have ruled out the possibility that the plants are being dug up and removed by animals.

Anyone with information about these thefts is asked to call Gloucestershire police on 101, quoting incident no 422 of March 20.