A man has been caught on CCTV casually ripping a front gate off its hinges in Bury St Edmunds, in an act of criminal damage.

The incident happened at around 7.53pm in Cannon Street on Sunday, April 18.

A man walks up to the wooden front gate of a property, grabs the top and pulls it backwards so it snaps off the hinges.

He then backs out of the video and isn't seen again.

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Suffolk police are asking anyone who recognises the man in the video to contact them, quoting crime number 37/19397/21.