A TEARFUL mum described her heartbreak after smelly sewage water covered her garden - destroying a memorial to her late daughter.
Lyndsey Bennett, of Brickfields Road, woke up this morning to the smell of sewage that had filled her garden.
The filthy water had made its way to the memorial garden of Lyndsey's daughter, Emily, who passed away earlier this year.
Due to the severity of the flooding, Ms Bennett cannot even walk to the memorial garden to be able to rescue flowers and trinkets.
The stench is so bad that it has left her feeling sick and she is concerned about the contents of the water.
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Visible remnants of toilet paper could be seen floating in the inch-deep brown, stagnant water.
Ms Bennett said: "The smell is so awful I have been sick multiple times this morning.
"I have tried to contact Severn Trent but I have no idea what is happening.
"I lost my daughter not long ago and this is just too much to take."
Ms Bennett contacted Severn Trent Water via Whatsapp and also had her gardener at the house trying to help.
She first became aware of the situation after waking up early yesterday morning (Monday) to let her cat outside into the garden.
She said: "I let Tinkerbell out this morning and she ran straight all of the filth.
"She was my daughter's cat so I do not want to lose her, I was so scared
"It was about 7.15am, I rang my estate agent straight away and I also rang somebody from environmental health.
"They came out and said it was not something they were able to help with so I called the fire service as well.
"All the flowers are going to die in my daughter's memorial garden, it has been horrible."
When Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service arrived at the house, they were also unable to help.
As well as the back garden flooding, there is also water pooling at the front of the property as well.
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Emily died in January this year due to a cardiac arrest and pneumonia.
Ms Bennett created her memorial garden as a tribute to her and as somewhere she can go to quietly remember her daughter.
We have contacted Severn Trent Water but it did not provide a comment to Worcester News before the newspaper went to press.
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