A headstone was thrown through a flint wall at a church in an act of “mindless vandalism”.

It happened at St Mary of Charity Church in Faversham and caused more than £250 damage.

The 160-year-old headstone belonged to sailor James Hole. The attack has also weakened a 15ft stretch of the 200-year-old wall, which forms the Church Road boundary of the graveyard.

PC Paul Whitehead said: “This is absolutely mindless vandalism to a church which forms an important part of Faversham’s history and which has been cared for by the community for generations.”

~For full story see this week’s Faversham News.