‘Real thuggery’: Cornwall boats vandalised amid ‘incomer’ tensions

Some blame new residents and second-home owners not keen on sight and sounds of local' vessels

The spot could hardly be more idyllic. A Cornish creek fringed by apple trees where boats bob at high tide and dogs and children frolic in the mud at low.

But there is trouble in the parish of Feock after a string of acts of vandalism aimed at those bobbing boats led to a wave of anger, fear and suspicion.