Posted: Thu 1st Mar 2018

‘Mindless idiots’ throw six bins on frozen Acton Park lake

Wrexham.com for people living in or visiting the Wrexham area
This article is old - Published: Thursday, Mar 1st, 2018

While most have been enjoying the picturesque scenes the current cold weather has brought, ‘mindless idiots’ have taken bins from a park and thrown them onto a frozen lake.

Six bins that are usually in place around Acton Park have been thrown on to the frozen lake since yesterday afternoon.

We are told the bins will not be recovered until a thaw takes place, and then local anglers will likely be wading in to the freezing water to remove them.

Referring to the ‘mindless idiots’ who threw them in, the person who sent us the above and below images challenged people: “The question is, do people know where there kids are at night?”

Earlier this week we took these pictures of the park looking wonderful:



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