Reward offered for St Martin's graffiti infomation

Courtney SargentGuernsey
News imageBBC A man with white hair and glasses on the right of the screen. he is wearing a blue jacket and blue coat. To his left there is an electricity box with pink graffiti BBC
Constable Dave Beausire says "mindless vandalism" should not be tolerated

A Guernsey parish is offering a reward of £500 for information that leads to the prosecution of whoever is responsible for "mindless" graffiti at multiple bus stops.

The stops at the Old Mill triangle and the Morrisons in St Martin's Parish have both been covered in purple and pink tags.

It is thought to have taken place during the liberation weekend.

Constable of St Martin's Dave Beausire said it was unacceptable and whoever had done it should come forward and apologise.

News imageA bus shelter with pink, purple and white graffiti. its hard to make out the word but it is clearly some sort of tag
The same marks can be seen at various sites including at the Old Mill triangle

On a social media post appealing for information and CCTV footage, some islanders suggested the graffiti should be turned into artwork.

However, Beausire disagreed: "No, we're not turning it into art, it's vandalism.

"You don't reward them by saying, 'Oh, that's a great start, let's turn it into art'.

"There are plenty of activities to get involved in.

"This is pure vandalism and I think it should be dealt with as such."

News imageA unused phone box covered in white, green and pink graffiti
The old telephone booth by the Morrisons in St Martin's is covered in graffiti

There is a reward of £500 offered by the parish for information that leads to a prosecution.

However, the parish hopes that whoever was responsible comes forward themselves.

Beausire said: "They could then clean it up themselves, I would have thought it would have been quite a nice thing to do.

"But, at this stage, we're putting out a £500 reward for the prosecution of whoever did this.

"So if they wanted to prevent being charged I'd recommend they come forward now and assist in cleaning the mess up."

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