Police are appealing for help after a car was set alight causing thousands of pounds worth of damage.

The car was parked in a garage at Orchard Street in Canterbury and the fire was started between 4.30am and 5am on Thursday.

A young woman, possibly a teenager, and two young men were seen running away from the scene.

The female is described as 5ft 7in tall and was wearing dark blue jeans and a navy blue horizontal stripe hooded top.

One of the young men is described as 6ft 3in tall and was wearing a dark navy hooded top and was carrying a beer can in his left hand.

The other young man is described as 6ft tall and was wearing a grey hooded top.

Anyone who has any information can contact DC Louise Hammond on 101 quoting crime reference ZY/20484/12.