POLICE are on the lookout for city centre yobs after they destroyed a bench.

Officers put out the appeal after the incident on Carlisle's Scotch Street on Saturday, about 5pm.

A spokesman for Cumbria Constabulary said: "City centre PCSO’s 5415, 5412 and 5399 are currently working alongside officers in the process of identifying a group of youths who caused criminal damage to a bench on Scotch Street in the city centre.

"All those responsible will be expected to pay a contribution to replace the bench that they damaged."

Some residents took to social media to vent their fury at the wanton vandalism.

One said: "Our punishments are far to soft and as such are no deterrent."

Another said: "It makes me sad to see the standard of society we live in today."

And another said: "Get the little toerags to pay for the full amount to replace the bench."