As a postscript to the drug dealing tinkers......the council run encampment has now been closed and the entrance gates padlocked.

Officials of the housing association who maintain the site descibe it as a "war zone"...burntout caravans and chalets.... vandalism of council property.....rubbish everywhere ....scrap cars etc.

500 thousand pounds of taxpayers money to be spent on refurbishment.

No prosecutions are to be brought against previous tenants for any crime.