Detectives have laid an additional three charges as part of an investigation after a building was damaged multiple times in the Inner West this month.
Officers attached to Inner West Police Area Command commenced an investigation after graffiti was located on an external wall of a building on Marrickville Road, Marrickville, about 1pm on Saturday 25 January 2025.
Just after 10am yesterday (Wednesday 29 January 2025), Inner West detectives were patrolling Marrickville Road, Marrickville, when they saw a man allegedly spray painting the wall of the same building.
The 58-year-old man was arrested, and the spray can was seized.
He was taken to Newtown Police Station where he was charged with two counts of destroy or damage property and two counts of intentionally mark premises etc without consent – aggravated.
He was refused bail to appear before Newtown Local Court today (Thursday 30 January 2025).
Following further investigations, an additional three charges were laid in court today.
The additional charges include knowingly display Nazi symbol without excuse, destroy or damage property, and intentionally mark premises without consent.
Police will allege in court the man graffitied a Nazi swastika on the same building on Wednesday 1 January 2025.
