Vandals deface Uffington White Horse

[Still Waters]

Vandals have targeted the ancient Uffington White Horse in Oxfordshire by spraying part of it purple.

Officers from Thames Valley Police were called to the 3,000-year-old chalk monument at about 2200 BST on Thursday.

They found the head and eye of the horse had been sprayed with purple paint.A banner that read "fathers 4 justice stop the secret family courts" was recovered from the scene.

New Fathers 4 Justice and Real Fathers for Justice both denied responsibility.

Police and members of the National Trust have been working to re-chalk the monument.

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[darkmoonlady]

How sad and uneccessary, defacing an ancient monument. I love the Uffington White Horse so much I have it tattooed on my hip.

[Alchera]

I really thought those fathers for justice guys were heroes, but now they lost my respect.

[SilverCougar]

Well they're all denying it it seems. It's not that hard to get a banner with their log and place it there while defaceing the monument. It could easily be someone out to not just deface the horse but that group..

>.< Horrible way to do it too.. thankfully they were able to fix it..