Joe McCann of the Melksham News was tipped off by a contact about the image and raised issue at council meeting
A local newspaper journalist has said he was left “shocked” after a picture of his face was printed out and attached to punchbag at a town hall.
Joe McCann, who has worked for the Melksham News for 10 years, was tipped off by a contact that a print-out of his face had been attached to a freestanding punchbag inside the building.
As first reported by the Melksham News, McCann raised the issue at a full council meeting on Monday, where councillors “appeared shocked”.
“It has recently come to my knowledge that within this council building, there is a punchbag with my face cut out and stuck to it, with the word ‘punch me’ written at the bottom of the punchbag,” McCann told the meeting in the Wiltshire town. “I have a photo of it. I’d like the council’s response to that.”
