A woman who was raising money for the RNLI by walking around the country was left devastated after her tent was slashed and her shoes were "urinated in" as she pitched up in Sunderland.
Tracey Hannam, 55, had pitched up her tent near Whitburn Beach at about 7.30pm on Sunday, May 8, when she decided to go look for some sea glass. As she walked back to her tent she said she saw a group of about five young people laughing nearby but didn't think much about it.
However, as she got closer she realised her tent door was open and found "knife marks" all around her tent with her belongings strewn across the floor and two battery packs missing. The tent pegs were also ripped out and Tracey discovered that the culprits had also urinated in her walking boots.
