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Graffiti artists who have spread their work across Pewsey recently have been traced, PC Mark Fiander-Lewis told the parish council.

In recent months there had been a spate of graffiti in the village to the concern of residents and parish councillors.

Following a recent report in the Gazette that the police knew the identity of those responsible, attempts were made to remove some of the graffiti.

The removal attempts, PC Fiander-Lewis told the council, made matters worse because power tools were used causing permanent damage to old brick and stone work.

Some of the worst damage was caused to the monument on the corner of Ball Road where attempts to move graffiti damaged the soft sandstone.

The officer said: "Thanks to the help of local people we have been able to identify five suspects and we are in the process of interviewing them.

"We already have one admission."

PC Fiander-Lewis added: "I can assure you that it will not be happening again, at least not by this group."

He said: "They did remove about 75 per cent of the graffiti when they heard the police were investigating but they did not do some of it very well and they will have that to answer for as well."

PC Fiander-Lewis said the officers who would head Pewsey's two neighbourhood policing teams had been named.

WPC Emma Brown, who moved to Pewsey during 2006 from Marlborough, will be heading the team covering the main village.

PC Fiander-Lewis will head-up the team covering the surrounding rural area.

Both will have the assistance of police community support officers, as yet to be named, and of members of the Specials.

PC Fiander-Lewis told the parish council: "Clearing up the graffiti problems in the village is one of the first successes of the new neighbourhood policing teams."

12:41pm Friday 5th January 2007

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