Police hunt men seen who parachuted from 272ft Boston Stump tower

The men filmed themselves jumping off the 272ft tower, police believe.

Base jumping normally involves jumping from a building using a parachute.

Lincolnshire Police confirmed that the incident relate to a report that two men parachuted off Boston Stump at around 11pm and left the scene straight after.

A senior Boston polce officer said the act was "dangerous and reckless".

A tweet from the Boston Police account said: "Last night at 23:00 two males were base jumping off the Stump, believed wearing Go-Pros to video their efforts, before fleeing.

"Both ourselves and Boston Stump would like to ID; the effect is further cost and inconvenience to renovation efforts."

Anyone with information is asked to call 101 and quote incident reference 507 02/06.

Inspector Fran Harrod of Boston Police said: “Clearly trespassing on our historic church whilst it is in the process of costly renovations is bad enough, however these men could have killed or seriously injured themselves or someone else in the process. One landed on his face rather than his feet and whilst both fled the scene it could have been so much worse; our NHS is busy enough as it is.

“We would ask anyone with information to come forward quoting incident 507 02/06, our investigation is ongoing, and under no circumstances whatsoever should anyone even consider such a dangerous and reckless act.”

A spokesperson for the church told the BBC they do not know if the men gained access from inside the building or scaled the the 272ft-tall structure from the outside.

Staff at the building say they were alerted to the incident after receiving a call from a witness who saw the men leap off.