VANDALS have destroyed a Christmas light display.
Martin Abbott, from Rush Park, Bishop Auckland, began preparing for Christmas lights at his home in January, when he started to buy fairy lights and decorations. He then spent three days creating the display in his garden, which includes Santa's grotto, a Christmas tree and a home-made Father Christmas.
But in the early hours of Sun-day morning it looked as if all the hard work was in vain, when vandals cut through the wires and destroyed the display.
Mr Abbott said: "They've just spoiled it for everybody else. We do have a lot of people come and see our Christmas lights and residents in the street like the display and put the odd lights in their gardens too.
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