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A teenager was seen urinating on a North Lincolnshire memorial which remembers millions of people killed in the Holocaust.

He is alleged to have dropped his trousers and committed the offence - described as "appallingly disrespectful" - as others looked on.

The incident happened at the Holocaust memorial on the Millennium Green in Brigg, and was later reported to Humberside Police.

Details were outlined to members of Brigg Town Council at their latest meeting. The council manages the green, which is an area of public open space on Elwes Street in the town.

A Humberside Police statement said officers were investigating the incident.

It said: "A boy, aged around 15 to 17 years-old, was witnessed urinating on a memorial on the Millennium Green on Elwes Street in Brigg at around 7.30pm on Tuesday, July 16.

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"The boy was described as white, wearing a grey tracksuit and bare-chested, carrying a grey t-shirt. This boy was in the company of two other youths."

An eye witness who lives across the road from the memorial said the boy's friends were encouraging him to do it, while the three were all laughing as he proceeded.

Humberside Police Inspector Mark Fletcher said: "This is clearly an appallingly disrespectful incident – anyone urinating in a public place, let alone on a Holocaust memorial, is committing a public order offence and we are investigating the case as just that.

"If anyone has any information about who these youths may be I want to hear from you. Please call the non-emergency number 101 and quote log 641 16/07/19."

(Image: David Haber/scunthorpelive)

Made from Corten weathering steel, the memorial was opened in January and occupies a prominent position on the Millennium Green, which was created as a Year 2000 community project.

The green, with public seating, is close to Brigg town centre and occupies land between Elwes Street and the Old River Ancholme but over many years it has suffered incidents of anti-social behaviour and vandalism.

Brigg is one of the UK towns which holds an annual service to mark Holocaust Memorial Day to remember the genocide of six million Jews and other groups who were killed during the Second World War by the Nazis.

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