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A young family's entire garden has been ripped up and stolen as they slept, in a shockingly brazen theft.

Sue Scorer thought she was dreaming when she woke up on Sunday morning to find her front garden empty.

The thieves were caught on CCTV as they pulled down a fence and yanked up the green astroturf.

The 30-year-old, from Livingston, West Lothian, had all of her artificial grass stolen by "scumbags" who had to move her children's 8ft trampoline and toys to nab it.

The mum-of two-said she and her two boys, Aaron, eight and Charlie, four, have been left devastated by the theft.

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Sue said: "I looked out my window and saw that the trampoline was on the other side of the garden.

"I opened the window to see what was going on and saw all the grass was gone and the fence was down.

"I thought I was dreaming. I was in shock, I couldn't believe it.

"I called the police straight away to report what had happened."

Sue, a Slimming World consultant, has lived in the house for last six years and had the astroturf put down in her front and back garden almost four years ago.

The turf had been put in place - at a cost of £3,000 - so that her sons could play football without getting dirty.

But now the children have been left devastated by the bizarre theft.

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Sue added: "The kids' toys had been moved around the garden.

"One of the toys was over in the neighbours' because they must have had to move them all to get the grass up.

"It had to be planned. There was no way someone was just strolling past and decided to take it.

"I was so shocked because it's been down for four years, it's not like it was freshly laid.

"And there are marks on it from where the trampoline was and the kids have been playing.

"It is scary to think people were in my garden while I was asleep inside.

"The kids are really upset.

"My eight-year-old is always outside playing football and kids from the area are always round in the garden playing, so it's devastating."

And Sue says a nearby neighbour also had some astroturf on the same night.

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She said: "A neighbour is getting an extension and they had taken up their artificial grass and put it beside their fence while the work was getting done - and that had been taken too.

"My neighbour caught it all on CCTV. I happened at 4.20am on Sunday morning. It looks like three young men all with their hoods up.

"Half of my grass was later found in a bush about three streets over.

"I think they couldn't carry all of mine, and my neighbours they stole, so dumped some of mine hoping to come back for it."

A post from Sue on Facebook has gone viral with thousands of people sharing it.

And now a kindhearted landscaper has come forward and offered to replace Sue's grass and fix her fence for free.

She said: "A landscaper has come forward and offered to replace all the grass and fix the fence for free.

"He said he has a young son who would be devastated if it happened to their garden."

Police Scotland has been approached for comment.