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Scores of festivalgoers had their mobile phones stolen at Highest Point in Lancaster at the weekend.

People posted all over Facebook about phones being stolen during the festival, with someone saying 28 phones had been stolen with some being traced to Bury, Rochdale, Blackpool and other areas.

Barry McLeod’s daughter Molly, 17, a sixth former at Lancaster Royal Grammar School, had her phone stolen at the festival.

Barry McLeod said: “A large number of phones with bank cards, driving licences and other personal items were stolen during the Highest Point music festival on Friday evening - our daughter who attended the event was one of the broken hearted fans affected.

Crowds at the Thursday night Highest Point Festival at Williamson Park, Lancaster. Photo: Kelvin Stuttard

"My daughter had her phone in her back pocket and she said one minute she could feel it there and the next minute it was gone.

"It was the end of term for the sixth formers and it was a leaving gig which they had been looking forward to for four or five months.

"Molly did Find my phone and tracked it all the way through the park and then onto Wyresdale Road near Animal Care then it stopped in Bury.

"We managed to get another phone sorted but it cost us nearly £400. It’s just maddening.

Mobile phone thieves target Lancaster's Highest Point festival