An elderly vandal cut down and binned hundreds of handmade poppies created to honour the fallen – because he “didn’t like the red weeds”. Police were contacted after the man was spotted targeting the Folkestone Poppy Project on The Leas, which sees thousands of knitted and crocheted poppies put up on railings every year. Officers say they reviewed CCTV which “led to the identification of a man believed to have been involved”. The man was “spoken to by the area’s beat officer” but organisers say they have been devastated by the vandalism of the tributes, which are next to the Step Short Memoria…