Man who was filmed carving name on Rome's Colosseum is tourist living in Britain, police say

The statement did not provide the name of the suspect nor his whereabouts

A tourist was spotted carving their name into a wall of the Colosseum (Andrew Medichini/AP)

Italian police have said they believe the man filmed while engraving his name and that of his apparent girlfriend last week on the ancient Roman Colosseum is a tourist who lives in Britain.

The identification was made using photographic comparisons, said the Italian Carabinieri.