Search for man after pride flags torn down

A pride flag waves in the wind. Behind it the sky is clear blue and sunlight can be seen from the top right corner of the image. The flag is striped red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple and tied to a white flagpole.Getty Images

Pride flags were torn down at Oxford Pride, damaging the flags and flag poles according to police

Emily Ford
BBC News

Police are searching for a man after LGBTQ+ pride flags were torn down in Oxford.

A CCTV image has been released by Thames Valley Police, who said the man pictured could have "vital information" about criminal damage at the city's Covered Market.

The force said the flags were torn down between 10:30 and 11:00 GMT on 24 February.

Damage was caused to the flags and flagpoles, it added.

A man is walking on a section of pavement in the street. He wears a purple peaked cap, a light grey hoodie with a dark grey hooded coat over the top and holds a phone in his right hand. He is also wearing black Adidas tracksuit bottoms, which have white stripes down the sides of the legs and a paid of red trainers with white stripes on the sides.Thames Valley Police

Thames Valley Police asked for the person pictured on CCTV to get in touch

In a statement, the force said: "If you recognise this person, if the person pictured is you or if you have any information or footage which may help with our investigation, please contact police."

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