A family has been left devastated by vandalism to their children’s graves.

The damage was discovered by mum Andrena Tyler in Ramsgate cemetery in Cecilia Road when visiting her twin daughters’ resting places.

She was left shocked after finding floral tributes scattered, ornaments broken and plants removed.

She said: “I went to Ramsgate cemetery to visit Lily and Molly’s graves, I know that most people don’t have to do this to see their children but unfortunately this is now my life.

“As I am sure everyone can imagine this is something which I find very hard and no amount of time will make it easier.

“I was left totally devastated by the fact that about eight of the children’s graves had been vandalised, both of my girls were among those eight.”

Artificial flowers placed into the original floral tributes from Lily’s funeral were ripped out and strewn around the area.

Mementoes and decorations were snapped off, and the heads of some ornaments were also removed.

Molly’s grave was also affected, with potted plants removed and ornaments broken.

Andrena wrote: “I am at a loss to understand why anyone would do this to a grave, let alone a child’s grave!”

Molly and Lily were identical twins born to Mrs Tyler and husband Jonathan.

They were born on February 21, 2007, at 29 weeks but Molly had died in the womb.

They suffered from twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), a disease of the placenta that affects identical twin pregnancies, causing one twin to take more nutrients than the other.

One of the twins’ aunts, Catherine Sutton-Foster, said: “Lily was born with brain damage and we were told she wouldn’t make it out of hospital.

“She was much loved and her death on January 11, 2017 left a massive hole in our family, only weeks before her 10th birthday.”

Mrs Sutton-Foster spent a day at the cemetery, working to fix the damage to her nieces’ graves.

She said: “I’d like to thank the Secret Garden florist in Broadstairs for helping me with the flowers.”

Gates to the cemetery for vehicle access are locked at dusk but pedestrians can enter at any time.

A Thanet District Council spokesman said: “A cemetery is a place of remembrance so this is a particularly distressing act of vandalism.

“We close the cemetery gates each evening but there is continued pedestrian access.

“We have reported the incident to the police and asked that they step up their patrols in the area at night time in order to deter vandals.

“We would urge anyone who sees anything of this nature taking place to report it to the police immediately.”