A Dundee garage is among the targets of a fresh spate of vandalism in the city’s west end.
Businesses, walls and even a parked vehicle have been hit with the “Paris” graffiti tag over the last week.
Staff at the MOT service and repair centre in Fyffe Street discovered the new 6ft graffiti shortly after Christmas.
Employee Harry Donald said: “We spent a fortune painting the walls. There’s no point in covering it over, it will just happen again.”
The building, which was targeted in the past by three separate incidents of fireraising in a week in 2013, was recently repainted at a cost of more than £400.
Mr Donald said: “It’s not like they’ve not been in a hurry doing it, they’ve stood there for a while and done it nice and neat.”
The vandal has also struck nearby, including a wall in Milnbank Road and a van in Brewery Lane.
The west end has been a magnet for vandals in recent years. The latest figures presented by police to the west end local community showed there were 37 reported cases of vandalism in the area between August and October, a rise of six from the previous quarter.
West end ward councillor Fraser Macpherson said: “It’s very dispiriting to see any resurrection of this sort of problem. Thankfully, we’ve had a good few months of very little in the way of graffiti.
“If anybody has seen anything that would lead to police tracking down the perpetrators, I would urge them to contact officers. It’s just mindless vandalism and there’s a cost to both the public purse and private owners.”
A police spokeswoman said: “We send out a clear message to vandals that there is nothing artistic or clever in damaging or defacing other people’s property. It is vandalism, it is anti-social behaviour, an eyesore and, be in no doubt, it is a crime and one that costs individuals or organisations significant amounts of money to put right.
“If you see someone involved in this type of antisocial behaviour, or perhaps acting suspiciously with spray cans and/or stencils, contact police on 101. Alternatively, information can be passed anonymously to the charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”