POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an act of criminal damage at a flat in Christian Road, Douglas.

Damage was caused to a door frame and an inside wall of an unoccupied third floor flat between 10pm on Thursday and 3.30pm on Friday.

PC Charlene Dooley said: "Acts of vandalism such as this cause unnecessary expense to the victim and I would appeal to anyone who has any information about this or similar incidents to make contact with me at Willaston Police Station on  631212."