John Lennon, James Bond and Ginger Spice scarecrows attacked

Scarecrows, including depictions of John Lennon and James Bond, have been targeted by vandals in Somerset. Six scarecrows on the Chew Valley trail have been stolen, Geri 'Ginger Spice' Halliwell has been torched and "Double Crow Seven" decapitated.



The trail is created annually to raise money for eight-year-old cancer patient Harvey Hext, from Winford. Organiser Sam Probert said: "I've run this for four years but this year it's got worse and worse, it's shocking." 120 scarecrows were installed in villages from Wrington to Winford.



But in the last few weeks an effigy of John Lennon has had his coat and left arm taken. Amelia Hicks, who works in Chew Magna, said their James Bond scarecrow was attacked just three days after the trail started. "I came into work to find the torso of "Double Crow Seven" had been taken away," she said.



"We've kept his legs but it's sad - I know a lot of time and effort was put in to making him." Meanwhile six miles (9km) away, a Ginger Spice scarecrow was attacked outside a hair salon in Wrington. "It was set on fire - we had a pile of burnt debris and it all ended up in the bin," said Sandra Ogden. "Somebody had used a fire extinguisher luckily but it's disappointing."