Family get locked in Bexhill cemetery on eve of Halloween

By The Newsroom
Published 2nd Nov 2018, 08:56 BST
Updated 2nd Nov 2018, 10:00 BST
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A mother and her young children got an unwelcome Halloween surprise when they found themselves locked in Bexhill Cemetery.

Jay Brewerton and her three children, aged three, six and nine, found themselves trapped in the Turkey Road site on Tuesday afternoon (October 30) as the temperature plummeted.

Jay explained: “I went up at about 3.15pm to decorate my daughter’s grave.

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“We had taken our time doing that and then we saw it was nearly 4pm.

“So we went to the bottom gate and it was locked. The top gate was also locked.”

After discovering the service yard, where the vehicles and equipment is kept, was also locked, Jay returned to the gate and spent 20 agonising minutes on hold to keyholder Rother District Council.

Jay’s phone was low on battery and her car was low on petrol.