A UKIP councillor has said she has ‘had enough’ after the door to her home was attacked.

Cllr Diana Coad (UKIP, Langley St Mary’s) said the incident happened at about 11.30pm on Saturday at her house in Burnham Lane.

She heard a loud bang when she was in her sitting room but by the time she had reached the door, the perpetrators had gone.

The councillor, who defected from the Conservatives to UKIP in 2015, drives around in a bright purple car which has UKIP logo on it and believes this could be making her an easy target.

Since the country voted for Brexit back in June, Cllr Coad said she has received more abuse and believes the people who carried out the attack on her home could have been ‘anti-UKIP thugs’.

“Since Brexit, I have received a lot of abuse in the streets,” she added. “I have been dragged out of my car and called a racist. I have had enough.”

Cllr Coad also believes her role as a trustee at The Animal Sanctuary in Dorney could be another reason why she is receiving abuse.

In June a petition calling for the charity in Lake End Road to be closed down was launched after it claimed animals were being neglected.

But despite her recent troubles, the councillor is remaining positive.

She added: “They were obviously trying to frighten me but it takes a lot more than that.

“In fact the banner on my car has been rubbing off and I was not bothered about getting it redone but now I am definitely going to do it.

“No one is going to scare me in my own country.”

Since the incident took place, Cllr Coad has had new locks fitted though she does not require a new door. Police confirmed they are investigating the incident.

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