TWO taggers who ‘ruined’ Sale with graffiti have forked out for their crime.

Residents were left furious after vandals defaced walls, fences, sheds, pavements and even trees in residential streets in Sale at the beginning of May.

Some of the worst hit areas were Plant Close, Queens Road and York Road.

The highest concentration seemed to be on Ashton Lane, where the Messenger counted seven pieces of graffiti in just one hundred yards, including the Salvation Army building.

It was branded ‘attention-seeking’ and ‘senseless’ by one upset resident.

Police investigated the spate of offences and two people admitted the offences after being interviewed by officers.

‘Restorative justice’ was meted out to resolve the crime.

This is used when the offenders admit to low level crime. They pay victims to cover the costs of damage and offer a verbal or written apology.

The taggers paid for most of the graffiti removal in Sale, with some residents preferring to remove it themselves.

The news comes after two people were stopped from defacing an advertising board in Timperley. Residents intervened when they spotted a girl and boy in their mid-20s tagging a board on Park Road on Wednesday June 29.

Anyone who witnesses an act of vandalism should contact the police on 101.