Anger after vandals daub Nazi swastika on Melton’s historic church

He was reacting after seeing the crude defacing of the grade one listed St Mary’s Church, which has parts dating back to 1170.

The member of the Burton Street place of worship, who declined to be named, posted on social media: “To desecrate a House of God seems pretty low.

“Thank you so much for doing this, you vile scumbags.”

The issue has prompted widespread anger on our Facebook page with Penny White commenting: “I cannot believe this. Absolutely horrendous.”

Rosalind Alam posted: “This should be treated as a hate crime. I have no idea if these ‘people’ have the slightest idea of what they’ve done but it’s abhorrent. The Star of David (I think that’s what they we’re trying to draw) used in this context is something we should never see again.”

And Chris Chapman wrote: “Disgusting, no respect for this beautiful church.”

Lisa Allen posted: “Absolutely shocking. They should be made to clean it off every surface they have graffiti on or pay for the clean up and not from the purse of mum and dad.”

There are plans to clean off the graffiti as quickly as possible.