Ballycastle: graffiti settari su abitazione di cattolici
Second sectarian graffiti attack carried out at house
The former home of a Catholic family forced to flee after a sectarian attack has been targeted for a second time after it was re-allocated to a Catholic woman, it has been claimed.
Local independent councillor Padraig McShane said the words ‘Taig’s Out’ were sprayed on a wall at the house at Islandarragh Road, Cape Castle, which is close to Ballycastle last week.
There was condemnation earlier this year when a car parked outside the same house was set alight.
Flames from the blaze caused damage to the nearby house.
The words ‘Taig’s Out’ were also sprayed on the gable wall of the house on that occasion.
A couple in their 20s and a baby who were in the house at the time escaped injury.
Mr McShane said the house was recently re-allocated to a Catholic woman from the north Antrim area but before she could move in it was targeted for a second time.
Police say the graffiti appeared sometime between Monday December 1 and Tuesday December 2.
Mr McShane said the UDA is linked to the attacks.
“The UDA affiliates have the clout to alter the allocation of homes through brute force, sectarian innuendo and attempts to instil fear in the community,” he said.
“This is simply an attempt to circumvent the homes allocation system made easy by the fact the Housing Executive had the audacity to allocate to a Catholic while Protestants remained on the housing list.”
A spokesman for PSNI said police are investigating said the graffiti was sectarian and is being treated as a hate crime.