The mum of a nine-year-old boy who gashed his knee on a broken bottle dumped in a park has hit out at the council for failing to keep the area safe.

The youngster was left “traumatised” after suffering the nasty injury while playing football with his younger brother at Coleman Crescent Park in Ramsgate.

He was taken to hospital to have the wound stitched up and is now too “scared” to return to the site, which is close to his house.

“He was just playing football and having fun, then suddenly he started screaming and there was blood pouring everywhere,” said his mum, who has asked to remain anonymous.

“His shoe was soaking wet with blood. It was a nightmare.

“The hospital said had it been an artery it would have been critical.”

The concerned 27-year-old has blamed Thanet District Council (TDC) for failing to tackle the issue of anti-social behaviour in the park.

“I’m very angry about the state of it and no one’s doing anything about it,” she said.

“We’ve sent emails [to TDC] but I haven’t even had an apology.

“I want them to do something. I want them to put cameras up and make sure the park is safe for children.

“Lots of teenagers come in there and I don’t know what they are doing, but if there were cameras we would know who was breaking the glass.”

A neighbour of the family, Ray Salmon, was on hand to help patch up the boy and took his family to Margate’s QEQM Hospital, where he was treated in A&E.

“The mum and boys are naturally very distressed about the whole experience,” he said.

“They just expected to have a lovely afternoon playing safely in their local park.

“The park is a dangerous place for children and yet there are no warning signs on the two entrances.”

A Thanet District Council spokesperson says the incident was reported to the authority on April 13, with inspections and “thorough litter picks” carried out the following day and on April 20.

They added: “We have teams responsible for the maintenance of areas such as playgrounds and recreational parks.

“This includes cleaning up, emptying bins, cutting grass and repairing damage caused by vandalism.

“Unfortunately, due to the illegal or thoughtless behaviour of a small minority of people, incidents of vandalism and other anti-social behaviour do occur.

“We would encourage members of the public to report instances of anti-social behaviour via our website.”