Judge accuses RAF pair of ‘wanton vandalism’ for destroying Paddington Bear statue

Destruction of statue by RAF engineers described as the antithesis of everything Paddington stands for'

Great-aunt Lucy asked Britons to please look after" Paddington Bear when he arrived on UK shores. Perhaps she was thinking of the risks of him running into two RAF engineers out on a bender in Hampshire.

Fortunately, Paddington's aunt didn't have to watch the CCTV footage shown to Reading magistrates court on Tuesday of Daniel Heath and William Lawrence tearing apart a newly installed statue of her nephew - before absconding with the severed half.