A Leeds councillor has hit out at the vile thugs responsible for spraying offensive graffiti directed at him.
Wayne Dixon, the local councillor for Middleton and Belle Isle in Leeds, has been the target of some hateful graffiti which was recently sprayed on a wall. The graffiti said: "Wayne Dixon is a nonce f*** off."
The graffiti appeared just weeks after he had another message, which was sprayed on the same wall, removed for being offensive. He believes the hate crime comes from people who are determined to keep the area "run down".
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The day after England were knocked out of the World Cup 2022 by France, offensive graffiti appeared in Middleton saying "Gay French c****," which Wayne immediately had removed. He said: "When I had the offensive graffiti removed I shared a picture of it and some guys were saying 'why you removing it,' they got annoyed and were kicking off at me.
"Some people are determined to keep the area down and its really frustrating. I'm a big believer in the broken windows theory - which is a psychological theory that if you have a house with a broken window nobody cares and will break another window, but if you fix the window people will take pride in it.
"That's what I believe for this area so if I get things cleared up people will want to take pride in the area. Belle Isle is one of the worse known areas, and I was brought up in Middleton so its always been my bugbear, I always try to get things moved on and cleaned up quickly."
Wayne believes he has offended the wrong people by removing the offensive graffiti following the World Cup. He said: "I have run the junior football club in Middleton for 19 years and done stuff in the community so I think that's why it hasn't affected me so much.
"People know there is no truth in it. People don't like the fact that I'm trying to fix the area up.
"The police also contacted me to make sure I was OK."
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