Plot owners at a Leeds allotment site are living in “constant fear” of vandalism and their vegetables and gardening equipment being stolen after a “multitude" of break-ins.
Clarkesfield Allotments, just off Dewsbury Road in Beeston, is constantly under threat of thieves, say the worried and frustrated allotment holders. They can no longer store their equipment on site and every morning they’re worried they’ll discover a new horror.
Grandfather-of-eight Mal Simpson, 56, has owned a 60m plot there for five years. He takes great pride in the site but has grown increasingly “angry” about the vandalism and theft, as it makes it so much more difficult to manage the site.
