75-year-old graffiti vandal in court A self-described environmental activist has been ordered to give back to the community after a street sign graffiti spree.
Crime by Sean Fewster
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Subscriber only A long-time Goodwood resident and self-styled environmental activist has been spared a conviction for defacing street signs - but must now perform community service. On Friday, the Adelaide Magistrates Court opted not to record a conviction against Mary Kolusniewski for five counts of damaging property. Instead, Magistrate Simon Smart placed her on a 12-month good behaviour bond, ordered she undertake 80 hours of community service and warned her to protest lawfully in future.
A grandmother who vandalised street signs with the letters WTF has called on a suburban Adelaide council to apologise for the signage, which she says is ugly and dangerous. Mary Jean Kolusniewski, 74, was charged after she painted signs on Weller Street at Goodwood, in the city s inner south, in July and August last year. She pleaded guilty to five counts of property damage, admitting she defaced 28 signs in the City of Unley. Mary Kolusniewski pleaded guilty to five counts of property damage. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Dean Martin Speaking to reporters outside the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Wednesday, she said the council was ruining a lovely old heritage street and would not rule out further graffiti.