A witness appeal has been launched this week after an offensive message was sprayed at a Stevenage building site.

At some point between 8am and 4.30pm on December 6 someone sprayed an offensive message on the exterior boards of a building site located in Trinity Road and Lytton Way.

Yesterday PC Jodie Bolton launched an appeal for witnesses and said: “Not only has this generated extra work to remove this message, it also caused offence to passers-by and would have potentially been seen by children.

“As this happened at a busy location during the day I’m confident someone may have seen something. Anyone who knows who is responsible or has any other information in connection with this should contact me via 101, quoting crime reference E1/15/7964.”

Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or via their anonymous online form at www.crimestoppers-uk.org.