"Many Photos" - Ski goggle-wearing man who 'splashed white paint on five London memorials'

A ski goggle-wearing man suspected of splashing white gloss paint over five memorials and statues in London has been caught on camera.

The CCTV footage, released by Metropolitan Police, follows the man as he walks with a 'distinctive gait' along a busy route in the capital on Sunday, January 20. 

Damage had been caused to the Bomber Command Memorial in Green Park earlier that evening - and four similar incidents were reported the next day.

 The CCTV footage, released by Metropolitan Police, follows the suspected vandal as he walks with a 'distinctive gait' along a busy route in the capital on Sunday, January 20

The 'Allies Statue' in New Bond Street, the Canada Memorial in Green Park, and the Royal Marines Graspan Memorial on The Mall were among those defaced in the 12-hour vandalism spree. 

The memorial to police officer Yvonne Fletcher, who was killed outside in the Libyan embassy in 1984, in St James's Square was also attacked. 

The tributes were all splattered and smeared with white paint. 

The man wore dark clothing, a black cap, and carried a plastic bag in the footage. He also appears to have white paint splashed on his trousers

Detective Inspector David Watkinson, leading the investigation, asked the public to 'think carefully about whether they can identify' the suspect

Scotland Yard believes the suspected vandal first targeted the Bomber Command memorial before walking along The Mall towards Trafalgar Square.

He would then have passed Canada House, walking in the direction of St James's Square, before ending on Jermyn Street.

White paint was also found on a shop window on Old Bond Street.

The suspect wore dark clothing, a black cap, and carried a plastic bag in the footage. He also appears to have white paint splashed on his trousers and jacket.

Specialist clean-up workers use high pressure steam to clean the paint a vandal squirted over the Bomber Command Memorial in Green Park

A similar vandalism also occurred over the weekend to The Allies Statue of Winston Churchill in Franklin D. Roosevelt on close by New Bond Street

Detective Inspector David Watkinson, leading the investigation, asked the public to 'think carefully about whether they can identify' him.

He said: 'We have exhausted all operational lines of inquiry and have now released this footage as part of our sustained effort to identify the person responsible for this wanton vandalism.

'The route we believe was taken by the suspect is usually very busy and they are likely to have been seen by a number of people.

'If you were travelling on public transport and remember seeing someone with white paint on their clothes, please call us. It isn't too late to share information.

White paint has been hurled across the Canada Memorial, which commemorates all Canadians killed during the First and Second World Wars

The shrine in memory of PC Yvonne Fletcher, who was murdered outside the Libyan Embassy in 1984, was also targeted by vandals with white paint. Pictured: Stock image of the memorial in St James Square in central London

'People have had a strong reaction to the damage caused to these important memorials which are part of our culture and heritage.'

Britain's last surviving Dambuster previously slammed the 'mindless vandalism' of the Bomber Command Memorial.

George 'Johnny' Johnson, 97, said: 'What a disgrace, such mindless vandalism.

'How disrespectful to the nearly 58,000 people who gave their lives so that these thugs have the freedom to carry out such acts? I hope they are caught soon, and suitably punished.'  

Britain's last surviving Dambuster previously slammed the 'mindless vandalism' of the Bomber Command Memorial 

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