Narrowboat owner 'devastated' by vandalism

A composite image made of two pictures. The left image shows the top of a narrowboat with white and black paint spilled onto it. The right image shows a green narrowboat covered in white paint that says "pervert" and "dossa". The boat is dark green and brown and there is a black bag on the top of the roofImage source, Handout
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A man said he was "devastated" after his narrowboat was burgled and vandalised.

Wayne Siverns, who has lived on boats for more than 50 years, said he was moored on Wordsley Junction on the Stourbridge canal before the incident happened.

Police said that the narrowboat was burgled on Kinver Street, Dudley, between 22:00 BST on 9 October and 06:30 on 10 October.

Mr Siverns returned from meeting with friends when he found his boat had been burgled, and after going on a walk to "process everything", he returned to find the graffiti.

“I’m probably not going to moor in Stourbridge again," he said.

A range of items had been stolen from the boat including a Victorian school bell, two vintage lamps and 30 brass whistles, Mr Siverns added.

Mr Sivern's friend Della Sadler-Moore said that the narrowboat community had rallied around him to help.

“He’s been left absolutely distraught by this, it’s his home," she said.

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