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Church disgust at obscene graffiti

More cash is to be spent on cleaning up after vandals because the Moray Council's entire £10,000 budget for graffiti removal has already been exhausted.

Councillors have agreed to divert an additional £3,000 to this year's fund to cover the costs of providing the service free of charge to the public.

They feel the fact that the service has run out of money is an indication of how successful it has been in helping the victims of vandals across Moray.

But one church which has called on the council to help remove offensive slogans on numerous occasions would be glad never to use it again.

St Giles Church in Elgin is continually being targeted by yobs, and the walls of the historic building are vandalised again as soon as they are cleaned.

Rev George Rollo said the church was now being forced to look at ways of protecting the A-listed building as a result of the damage being caused.

Full story at the Northern Scot.