Officials at Colchester Borough Council in Essex have been forced to issue a sex ban at a local graveyard. The ban comes after irate mourners made complaints over disrespectful behaviour at the town cemetery.

Grieving relatives said they were disgusted to see heartless revellers enjoying wild parties, drinking sessions and sordid romps on the site. Now, council bosses have drawn up a list of rules, warning people how to behave.

"We have had men going around wearing nothing but shorts, and women dressed in bikini tops - and I don't believe that people who are in mourning want to see that," the Sun quoted Cllr Tim Young, the councils cabinet member with responsibility for the cemetery, as saying. Other people have been having parties up there.

"While I agree it is reasonable for people to celebrate the memories of a loved one at the cemetery, when mourners start cracking open the lagers they are going too far. It is counter to what most people regard as right-minded behaviour.

"When I heard some of the stories about how certain people were behaving in the cemetery we decided to make changes to the rules as soon as possible. It is just not acceptable for people to act in an anti-social or disrespectful way in a graveyard," Young added.

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