Graffiti in North East playpark branded as 'disgraceful'

Aberdeenshire MSP Gillian Martin said those responsible for racist and anti-semitic vandalism should be "ashamed of themselves"

Author: Lewis MichiePublished 11th Mar 2021
Last updated 11th Mar 2021

A play park in Aberdeenshire has been vandalised with graffiti of both anti-semitic and racist natures.

The Port Elphinstone park also had white painted poured down a children's slide.

Aberdeenshire East MSP Gillian Martin described it as 'disgraceful'.

She said:

"I'm absolutely disgusted"

"Graffiti is bad enough on it's own, it's disgraceful, but my goodness - that kind of graffiti in the place we live - is absolutely intolerable."

A Police Scotland spokesperson said:

"We have received reports of vandalism to a playpark in the Elphinstone Road area of Port Elphinstone, which is believed to have taken place between Wednesday, 10 March and Thursday, 11 March. Enquiries into the matter are ongoing."

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