A community group has been left “bitterly disappointed” after racist and anti-Semitic graffiti appeared on one of its new benches just weeks after they were put in place.
Castle Douglas Rotary’s Forward Group raised thousands of pounds, with help from Scotmid, the Co-op and Tesco, to install seating and picnic tables at Market Hill.
But on Monday graffiti – described as “derogatory silly nonsense” by the group’s chairwoman Tracy Walker – appeared.
