In additon to obscenities, slogans scarled include one less Covid rat and Covid hoax . Now officers from the council s Safer Communities team will liaise with local police to step up patrols in the area and increase vigilance around the cemetery in a bid to deter the perpetrators. Headstones affected by the mindless attack have been now cleaned in a combined effort by the council and local community volunteers, and a meeting has also been organised with a representative from the charity, SANDS to discuss any further repairs needed following the damage. Fife Council s Community Manager for Dunfermline, Andrew Gallacher praised the swift response of the local community to help with the clean up.
Kingdom FM Five youths have been charged in connection with a fire that caused damage to memorial benches in Pittencrieff Park in Dunfermline last week.
The males, aged between 13 and 15, will be reported through the youth justice process over last Wednesday s incident.
Two members of the same group have also been charged in connection with the theft of bins from Kirkgate and vandalism to a vehicle on Chalmers Street on the same day.
Sergeant Ross Crawford, of the Dunfermline Community Policing Team, said: These kind acts of vandalism have caused a lot of distress in the community and will not be tolerated. Anyone with information relating to such incidents should contact Police Scotland on 101.
Five teens arrested after memorial benches torched at Scots park
Emergency services were called to Pittencrieff Park in Dunfermline last Wednesday night after three wooden seats were set on fire before a police probe to catch the culprits was launched.
Three benches were destroyed after being set on fire (Image: Safer Communities Fife)
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