He wrote on Twitter: “Dear Saint George had a visit from the vandalising NO hopers. A dozen eggs plus graffiti. Feel sorry for the eggs. Washing their sins away”.
Seymour refused to photograph the abuse as he felt it might vindicate the vandals.
In a bid to restore the mural, four strangers offered to help with cleaning up the areas.
He later said he was “in tears” as the four helpers became friends.
He finished compiling the documentary less than 36 hours before he died.
Freedom, directed by George and his friend David Austin, chronicles the making of the 1990 album Listen Without Prejudice and the subsequent legal battle with his record label.
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