The ‘peculiar’ crime spree of the petty vandal

A vandal scaled the Queen Victoria Memorial outside Buckingham Palace before embarking on a month-long crime spree across the capital, a court heard. Scott Packham, 32, climbed the iconic statue next to St James’ Park on the Mall in central London on 13 August. Packham, who has an ‘unenviable’ criminal record, wrecked a coffee shop at Aldgate Station in east London 10 days later. He stole a packet of razor blades and a tub of hair putty from Boots at…