SEETHING residents continue to fume at nudists for turning their picturesque coastal town into a public sex hotspot.
Fuming locals who get their kit off at Corton beach, near Lowestoft in .
Now local MP Jess Asato has joined residents and councillors in a walk along the beach in a bid to reclaim the area for local children and holidaymakers.
The MP said: “Residents are fed up with their beach being made a no-go area due to criminal sexual behaviour.
“Our walk was a symbol of their efforts to ensure that no-one is feels afraid to use it – and send a signal that we will not tolerate what amounts to criminal acts.”;
One local, a retired newspaper executive, added: “It’s no longer safe to take children there to play on their beach.
“It started about three years ago and has got worse every year since since – I was with my two and three-year-old grandchildren last summer and there were naked men deliberately showing off and flaunting themselves.
“It is so offensive that we can no longer take our grandchildren to play on the beach.
“Unfortunately the beach is now getting a reputation – and becoming famous – so the problem will only get worse.
“Apart from the holidaymakers here there are people who live her all the time and now in the summer they can’t go down to the sea.”;
The Azure Seas village, which has more than 100 holiday and permanent cabins andhomes which cost up to £200,000, is set in 15 acres of woodland on the cliffs overlooking the controversial beach and has its own direct access to the sea.
Sales manager Duncan Gooch said: ”;It’s got nothing to do with nudity what so ever – it is the behaviour of some who go there, a group who think it is OK to indulge in lewd and sexual behaviour on the beach, openly in front of other people.
“It is blatant and deliberate – some are clearly exhibitionists and we take offence – as does everyone living or staying here – at their behaviour.
“Things have got worse over recent so year and are now so bad that a lot of people simply won’t go onto the beach because it is full of naked exhibitionists parading up and down and having sex.
“We have complained to the police and they say they will look into it.”;
The parish council say they put up the sign after numerous complaints from local people about indecent behaviour on the beach, including individuals openly engaging in sexual acts and walkers being accosted.
A parish council spokesman said: “Businesses overlooking the beach have also been severely impacted, reporting substantial financial losses directly attributed to these behaviours.
“The parish council is obligated to support and protect the parishioners and businesses within its jurisdiction.
“This is our fundamental responsibility, and the sign was intended to serve as a warning that engaging in such acts would be reported to the police.
“This stance remains unchanged.“
A spokesman for the council said: ”;The sign stated that the beach was not a naturist beach and was intended to clarify that it is no longer a designated as such since nudism can be practiced anywhere.
“The council recognises that nudism is a legal activity and was not attempting to prohibit, outlaw, or prevent naturists from enjoying the beach and we don’t intend to imply that naturists were responsible for this behaviour in any way.
“The sign was a warning to individuals whose lewd activities were causing distress to other beach-goers but we do not intend to imply or suggest that naturists were responsible for this behaviour in any way.”;
District councillor Paul Ashdown added: “Most people are aware that sunbathing in the nude on the beach is not illegal but some residents have witnessed lewd behaviour which is offensive and should not be conducted in a public space.
“It would be good to discourage this sort of behaviour so I understand the purpose of the sign – but I have no idea who might have taken it down.
“I have now asked the council leader asking for help to resolve this issue.”;
An East Suffolk council spokesman said: ”;We had requested removal of a sign placed without relevant permission on a signpost on East Suffolk Council land.
“The parish council has informed us that the sign had been removed without its knowledge over the weekend.”;
