Scavengers comb freighter containers for treasure

SCAVENGERS were continuing to defy the authorities last night as hundreds of people picked over wreckage from a beached container ship.

They were seen carrying off shoes, steering wheels, carpets, beauty cream and even motorbikes from beaches at Branscombe, Devon, apparently ignoring warnings that some of the containers may contain hazardous chemicals.

Goods worth thousands of pounds were washed up after the stricken MSC Napoli was deliberately beached about a mile offshore.