A FLOWER vandal has destroyed a couple’s beloved front garden.

Keith and Shirley Spencer were shocked to find flowers had been pulled up overnight from their Berechurch Road, Colchester, home.

The couple spotted the damage on Friday morning when they woke up to find their tulips and daffodils had been ripped off their stems and left strewn across the small lawn and gate post.

Mr Spencer, 73, branded the vandal as "pathetic".