A LOCAL has appealed for witnesses after their windscreen was inexplicably smashed by a plant pot in Marchmont.
Images of their windscreen show a crater where the pot landed on their car on Spottiswoode Street, and significant cracks across the whole pane of glass.
Their motor was left covered in soil and the ceramic vase was seen in pieces on the ground beside it.
The incident has been reported to the police, and locals are urged to get in contact if they saw or heard anything unusual at the time.
The distressed local posted to social media yesterday, saying “Morning all, I came back from being away and someone had smashed my car windscreen with a plant pot.
“This happened around 2:30am on the morning of 15 February in Spottiswoode Street in Marchmont.
“It has been reported to the police but just wondered if anyone heard or saw anything. Thanks”
The post received 40 likes and 18 comments, with many wondering whether the plant pot could have fallen from a nearby windowsill, or if it had been deliberately thrown.
One user said: “That looks like it has come from a great height, can’t see a pot plant doing that much damage from close up.
“Possibly thrown from a window.”
Another postulated: “Dirt has scattered backwards up the windscreen, so it seems like it was probably thrown from the front of the car at about standing height.”
A third commented: “How awful.”
While a fourth joked: “I’d have soiled myself if that were my car!”
The owner of the car also confirmed “the car was parked face out onto the road” so believed it was unlikely that the pot had fallen from a windowsill.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said today: “On Saturday, 15 February, 2025, we received a report of a car damaged overnight on Spottiswoode Street, Edinburgh.
“Anyone with information should contact 101 quoting incident 1078 of 15 February.”