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Graffiti blitz leads to CCTV call | Graffiti blitz leads to CCTV call |
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The Mayor of Newtownabbey has called for CCTV cameras to be installed in Ballyclare after numerous businesses were daubed with graffiti overnight. | The Mayor of Newtownabbey has called for CCTV cameras to be installed in Ballyclare after numerous businesses were daubed with graffiti overnight. |
Around 30 premises in the town were affected. | Around 30 premises in the town were affected. |
Some of the graffiti is anti-UDA and is being linked to loyalist in-fighting in the area. | |
"It (CCTV) is another form of eyes that would be accessible to the police and makes the community feel safer," said Councillor Nigel Hamilton. | |
"It also makes it more difficult for people to carry out this sort of pernicious act in a town area like this because they will be under the scrutiny of the CCTV camera." | "It also makes it more difficult for people to carry out this sort of pernicious act in a town area like this because they will be under the scrutiny of the CCTV camera." |
'More police' | 'More police' |
One of the businesses targeted in the attack belongs to optometrist David Henderson. | |
He said: "I realise resources are finite, but we do need more police. What these chaps did last night must have taken them at least two hours." | He said: "I realise resources are finite, but we do need more police. What these chaps did last night must have taken them at least two hours." |
Council workers in the County Antrim town have begun to remove the graffiti. | Council workers in the County Antrim town have begun to remove the graffiti. |
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