A COUPLE have hit out at yobs who burnt down a speed camera next to their bungalow.

Doris and Trevor Lewis, who are both retired, were shocked to discover on Monday night the speed camera in Rayleigh Road, Eastwood, was ablaze just metres from their home.

The suspects had placed a tyre around the device and doused it with petrol, before setting it alight just before 10pm.

Luckily, Mrs Lewis spotted the flames and called emergency services before the fire spread.

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