Police have released CCTV footage of two people after a new statue of Margaret Thatcher was vandalized.
Red paint was thrown on the statue of the former Prime Minister of Grantham, Lincolnshire, and a hammer and seal were spray-painted on a nearby fence.
The faces of the persons cannot be clearly seen, but the police released them released the video in the hope that someone could recognize their clothes, building and gait.
Lincolnshire Police said: “One of the people pictured was dressed entirely in black clothing, which had white stripes running from the waist to the knee on both legs, and was wearing a face shield.
“The other person was wearing dark clothing with a hood, a white colored face mask, dark shoes with a red Nike motif and white soles.”
The injury was caused around 11.10pm on Saturday 28 May.
Everyone who witnessed the incident on Sankt Petershøjen is asked to report, and the officers would especially like to talk to a cyclist who came by at about the same time.
Despite the damage, the statue of Britain’s first female prime minister was officially unveiled on Tuesday.
It was built in Mrs Thatcher’s hometown after plans to place it in London were rejected.
The statue sits on a 3 m high plinth and is covered by CCTV surveillance.
A man was fined £ 90 last month for egg-laying the statue hours after it was installed.
Anyone with information please call 101 and provide event number 488 of 28 May; email force.control@lincs.police.uk; or anonymously via Crimestopper’s website or on 0800 555 111.
