Moment suspect in hard hat and hi-viz jacket mangles Ulez camera days before hated levy extends to cover all of London

A VIGILANTE in a hard hat gets to work — mangling Ulez cameras.

The man is wanted by police in connection with four separate offences targeting the hated traffic devices.

London’s Met Police, which released the image, have recorded 288 crimes relating to the enforcement cameras as of August 1.

There are 185 reports of damaged camera cables, 164 of stolen cameras and 38 reports of them being obscured by vigilantes.

Mayor Sadiq Khan’s decision to expand the £12.50 daily clean-air fee to the whole of the capital this month has sparked uproar.

It is widely blamed for Labour’s defeat in the recent Uxbridge by-election where voters let rip over paying more in a cost of living crisis.

But commenting on the camera-tamperers, Met Commander Owain Richards said: “These are unacceptable acts of criminality.

“We have a team of officers investigating and identifying those responsible.

“We are providing a proportionate policing response, balancing these incidents against the wide range of operational demand and crime we must respond to across London.”

Sir Keir Starmer has told his Labour Mayor to “reflect” on Ulez but has stopped short of flat-out condemning the expansion.

Although he has scrapped a policy to roll out clean-air zones to other parts of the country.

The Sun’s Give Us A Brake campaign is demanding a moratorium on any more clean-air zones that whack drivers in the pocket.

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