A COUPLE say they feel like they are living in Hot Fuzz as a community of trolls are out to ruin their cake shop they started in a small historical town.

George Johnson, 43, and partner Lily Trunfull, 29, say they have received hundreds of hateful comments due to their tasty treats becoming a favourite in the town of Arundel in west Sussex.

Poison pen letters sent to them have described LG Cafe customers as "scantily clad maskless chavs", "rats" and of bringing "the wrong type of people to our distinguished town".

Arundel is overlooked by its famous medieval castle next to which is Sussex cricket's second ground.

It is on the edge of the South Downs National Park and boasts the second highest number of listed buildings in West Sussex.

And it seems that some locals want to keep it that way.

The couple's cafe, LG Cafe, just half a mile from the castle displays love hearts outside that say things like "donut forget about me", "you're yum", and "treat yo'self".

Concerned customers have told the couple they have been filmed and photographed outside queuing by the trolls.

Lily, from Lewes, and George, from Hastings, are hardly strangers to Arundel, which also boasts a Roman Catholic cathedral and is just miles from the 17th century stately home of Goodwood, owned by the Duke of Richmond.

After starting the cake and coffee cafe two years ago, and especially in the last couple of months, they've received a deluge of hate mail.

The couple say while they believe it to be a minority of locals and local businesses, they have gone to police after the amount of hate mail suddenly shot up.

Lily said: "It was just a few snide comments here and there, like 'who brought the rats into the town, oh it's that cake shop'.

"It's a small, very vicious group of locals and local businesses that nip away online and now they've got their teeth into it."