Police investigate graffiti targeting James Nesbitt as hate crime

The graffiti was written about actor James Nesbitt who recently spoke at the Ireland's Future event in Dublin. Credit: UTV

Police are treating graffiti targeting actor James Nesbitt in Portrush as a hate crime.

It appeared in the Portrush Road area of the north coast town on Wednesday.

The Cold Feet actor appeared at the Ireland's Future event in Dublin earlier this month which heard from various contributors on the prospect of a united Ireland.

In a statement, the PSNI said: "Police in Coleraine received a report of graffiti on a wall in the Bushmills Road area of Portrush on Wednesday 19th October.

"The graffiti is believed to have been written on the wall sometime between 5pm on Tuesday and 7.30pm on Wednesday evening and is being treated as a hate crime.

"Enquiries are ongoing and officers would ask anyone with any information to contact them in Coleraine on 101, quoting reference number 1677 19/10/22. You can also submit a report online using the non-emergency reporting form via http://www.psni.police.uk/makeareport/ or you can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at http://crimestoppers-uk.org/."

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