An "abhorrent" message has been scrawled across the gravestone of a teenager who died in a horror crash by an "utterly heartless" vandal.
Bethany Fisher died at the scene of the crash on Victoria Terrace, Bedlington, in the early hours of August 19, 2017, after celebrating her 19th birthday.
She was a passenger in a car that crashed with a number of parked vehicles - with driver Jordan O'Donnell eventually being jailed for six years after pleading guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and a string of other offences at Newcastle Crown Court.
Bethany was laid to rest at Netherton Lane Cemetery in Bedlington.
However, last month, her gravestone was vandalised just one day before her birthday, and two days before the seventh anniversary of her death.
A horrific picture shows the words "tick tock, you're next" scrawled across the grave,
The criminal damage is understood to have been committed between 11pm on August 15 and midday on August 16.
Isabelle Easson, Bethany’s mother, said: “We have to live with the heartbreak of losing our beautiful girl each and every day.
“Time will never heal these wounds, and now our suffering has been made worse by this horrendous act.
“Whoever is responsible for causing our family such distress at what is always the most difficult time of the year for us is utterly heartless.”
Northumbria Police said: "This act of vandalism at Bethany’s grave – a place where loved ones come to remember their beloved daughter, sister and friend – is an abhorrent crime.
"We would urge anyone who has any information about what has happened, no matter how small or insignificant it may seem, to come forward.
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"Witnesses should contact us by sending a DM on social media, using the live chat on the our website or by going to https://orlo.uk/ccddV."
For those unable to contact the force in those ways, call 101.
Please quote crime reference number 096827A/24.
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