Inflatable Santa Claus punctured and wires on Christmas lights cut in spate of Scrooge-like incidents

An inflatable Santa Claus was punctured and wires on Christmas lights were cut in a spate of Scrooge-like incidents of criminal damage in five Mid Suffolk villages.

Officers are appealing for information about at least a dozen reported incidents which they believe are linked, and which all happened between the evening of 5 and 6 December. Suffolk police said no arrests have been made.