LISTEN: Baby glued to table at Edinburgh attraction
Police are investigating vandalism incidents involving superglue.
Last updated 29th Jan 2020
An Edinburgh family's speaking out after their baby was glued to a changing table at the National Museum of Scotland.
Three -month-old Sadie's snowsuit was covered in superglue which vandals smeared on surfaces at the attraction.
In another incident a child's skin came into contact with the substance which was also found at the Festival Theatre.
"These thoughtless acts were extremely irresponsible and could have potentially harmed young children" - INSPECTOR TRISH ROBERTSON
Nathan Sullivan is Sadie's dad. He told Radio Forth News: "My daughter's snowsuit was stuck to the table.
"We realised it was some form of solvent. The snowsuit was covered in it from head to toe. It was quite distressing.
"Luckily our daughter was fine. It was just a bit of clothing that was affected.
"The fact that it's happened again but to skin of another child - that's quite distressing.
"It's disgusting. It's terrible. Why would you want to inflict some form of pain or ill will towards a child?
"We were lucky enough for it not to physically affect our child's skin.
"The manager of the museum, when we explained to him this is what we found - he couldn't bear to think: what if it had been a child's skin?"
Museum bosses say staff will continue to "rigorously check" public facilities, and the police are investigating.
Police Scotland is probing two incidents which took place in The National Museum of Scotland on Friday, January 24th and Saturday, January 25th.
Investigators say glue had been applied to different areas of the venue’s toilets.
Radio Forth News has also learned of a further similar incident reported at the Festival Theatre on Nicolson Street.
Inspector Trish Robertson said: "Thankfully nobody has been seriously injured as a result of these incidents, however these thoughtless acts were extremely irresponsible and could have potentially harmed young children.
"Officers are conducting a thorough investigation and I would urge anyone with any information, of who may have seen something suspicious, to contact Police via 101, quoting incident 2808 of 27 January."