A GROUP of thugs pulled up flowers from a bed in Barnards Green Road, Malvern, and pelted a 60-year-old man with them while he was passing by between 9.20pm and 9.30pm on Saturday, November 22.

The victim was unhurt but covered in soil.

A 25-year-old man from the town was arrested shortly after on suspicion of common assault and has been bailed to attend Worcester Magistrates Court on Wednesday, December 12.