Margaret Thatcher statue in her hometown is vandalised with red paint just two weeks after it was egged

A STATUE of Margeret Thatcher has been pelted with red paint just two weeks after it was egged.

The £300,000 monument of the Iron Lady has been the target of vandals since it was erected in her hometown – Grantham, Lincs.

Cops are investigating the second attack which happened late last night – just days after it was unveiled on May 15.

Pictures show the statue of the late Tory PM – who was at the helm of No10 from 1979 to 1990 – covered in red paint.

Lincolnshire Police said: “Just before 11.15pm yesterday we received reports of a person shown on CCTV acting suspiciously near the site.

“Officers attended and found graffiti had been spray painted onto the barriers surrounding the statue, no damage was thought to have been caused to the statue itself.

“This is being treated as criminal damage and an enquiry is ongoing.”

The local council put in CCTV to prevent the bronze monument from being vandalised – but on the very day it was installed, eggs were thrown at it.

A man has since been fined for that attack.

The statue was originally intended for Parliament Square in Westminster.

Its unveiling was delayed by the pandemic and there has still been no official ceremony.

A council spokesman said one would take place at some point in the future but did not specify when.

Grantham’s only other commemoration of Mrs Thatcher is a plaque showing where she was born.

Witnesses can call 101, quoting incident number 488 of May 28.