A WOMAN has been banned from all the pubs in Thornbury after causing damage to flower baskets outside the Malthouse in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The incident, which occurred around 1.20am, was captured on the pub's CCTV and shows plants being viciously ripped out of the baskets on the railings outside the High Street pub.

Following a meeting of the Thornbury Pub Watch committee, the woman, who is in her 50s, has been given a 12-month ban from all pubs in the town.

She had already been banned from the Malthouse for previous violent behaviour.

The flowers, which had been featured as part of the Thornbury in Bloom display, were judged last week, but landlady Julie Walker said that the timing did not matter to her and that the attack on the hard work that goes into keeping the establishment looking nice was what made her sad.

“I’m pretty upset about it, as was everyone who was drinking in here yesterday,” she said.

“We were absolutely gutted to find the pavement covered in flowers on Sunday morning.”

Adding that her father comes to the pub for two hours a day to tend to the plants, she said: “You try to make an effort to make the High Street look good and somebody just comes along and rips it all to pieces.”

Ms Walker, who serves as the chairman of the Thornbury Pub Watch committee said that the woman had been handed the ban after a discussion with other publicans who said they were also concerned their pub could face similar incidents.

She said: “The Pub Watch is there because we need to be the ones in control, rather than letting people out to cause trouble be in control.

“If this woman was in the pub, what could she do if she was actually in the pub, if this is what she chooses to do outside it?”