A police investigation is underway after the Garden of Remembrance at Princes Street Gardens East near the Scott Monument was vandalised.
Minor damage was caused to wooden crosses and a sign within the poppy garden sometime between midnight on Friday November 2 and 9am on Saturday November 3
The Garden of Remembrance was opened by the Lord Provost just under a week ago with members of the armed forces including veterans attending the event.
Inspector Alan Struthers, of Howdenhall police station, said: “This is a reckless and thoughtless act and we need the public’s help to trace whoever did this.
“We have already conducted local enquiries. The gates were locked so the person or persons who did this would’ve had to climb over the fence.
“We would ask if anyone saw anything suspicious to speak to a police officer or contact us on 101, quoting incident number 1318.”
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
