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Yobs have reportedly been putting explosives in Gloucester's dog poo bins.

Teresa Clayton, 45, says a police officer told her one of the bins in Randwick Park, Tuffley, had been targeted by vandals.

Ms Clayton, of Randwick Road, heard five loud bangs, like a car backfiring, from 12pm to 9pm on Saturday, while she was having a barbecue in her garden.

She said: "My dog was petrified. It was like a firework going off."

Ms Clayton took her Parson Russell Terrier, Charlie, for a walk in the park at around 4.30pm the next day, when she saw a dog waste bin had been damaged.

She said: "The lid had been blown off and the front cover had come off.

"A policeman came over and said people have been setting off a device in bins and making them explode."

About 20 minutes later, when she was back home, Ms Clayton heard another bang.

She said: "If I had been walking past it when it went off I would have been seriously injured.

"The fear it put into my dog – on Sunday evening he refused to come and sit with us outside.

"With it being so hot, we wanted to spend time outside."

Ms Clayton fears the culprits will continue until the bin is completely destroyed.

Gloucestershire police have been approached for comment.