Charges against four people accused of vandalising a London ambulance during World Cup celebrations have been dropped.

The rapid response car, which is used to reach patients quicker than a standard ambulance, had to be taken off the road.

It had been parked near to Borough Market when its windows were smashed and bonnet dented as people packed onto the pavements following England's win against Sweden last July.

Footage had been put online showing a group of people climbing on the vehicle.

A trial into four people who were accused of criminal damage will not go ahead because prosecutors did not put forward any evidence.

James Elton, from West Hampstead in London, Perry KangyueJian from Poplar in London; Larissa Bell, from East Kilbride, Glasgow; andScott Dennett, from Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, had all been due at Inner London Crown Court next month.