An angler has had her car graffitied and her tyres let down at a Dorset beach as locals are said to be raging over disrespectful wild campers.
Amanda Smith, from Blandford, had driven to Abbotsbury Beach for a spot of night fishing when she parked her car on land that was free from parking restrictions.
Shortly after arriving, the 52-year-old cafe worker returned to her Peugeot 2008 to find "I am a tw*t" and 'No Parking' graffitied across the side with all four tyres let down.
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Amanda said: "I had just set the tent up and the next minute I had two girls come over to ask if I owned the red Peugeot. Someone had spray painted my car and let the tyres down.
"I wasn't happy to say the least, but I was more shocked than anything that someone would do this. And it was done in broad daylight.
"It's embarrassing driving round in it.
"We have been down there most weekends and have always parked in the same spot.
"There are around three or four cars that park down there at one time."
Amanda unsuccessfully tried to inflate her tyres with a foot pump, but a fellow fisherman came to her aid and managed to pump up them up.
People are no longer allowed to camp on Chesil Beach, an 18-mile stretch of shingle beach including Abbotsbury beach between Portland and West Bexington, following the implementation of a Public Space Protection Order last summer.
Night fishermen however are exempt from the camping ban.
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Villagers say wild campers set up "tent cities" on the beach, don't pick up after themselves and use gardens as toilets.
Another gripe villagers have with beach campers is that their cars block emergency access points.
Amanda said her car was parked on a patch of road that didn't have double yellow lines and away from a sign further along the road that said "no parking area beyond this point'.
Dorset Council confirmed there were no parking restrictions at the location.
However, locals said Amanda's car was in a turning circle, and her parked car made it difficult for other cars to turn around.
The car was on lease when it was vandalised and Amanda had to get the graffiti professionally removed.
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