Kemp Town couple's home covered in paint attack

Kaye Teale and Aurelijus Krucyk, of Windsor Lodge in Kemp Town, Brighton, woke on Monday morning to find their new paving ruined by black, oil-based paint.

The project was only completed on Saturday.

Kaye discovered paint had been thrown on her patio work early on Monday morning

“We are absolutely gutted,” said Aurelijus.

“It’s not only that the work been destroyed, but also the build-up, the stress, the amount of time it took. It’s a loss of emotional investment as well.

“It’s all up the slabs, the tiles, and up the door as well.

“To think that someone came in the middle of the night and did this, it’s very unsettling.”

New paving slabs had just been laid

It is believed the attack took place between 1am and 6am, as a neighbour said they were outside the property at about 12.30am and saw no signs of paint.

Kaye and Aurelijus said the work took six weeks to complete, then “two days later, it was ruined”.

The tiling outside the couple's home

Aurelijus said: “Even if the work gets redone, which it will eventually, the problem is there there’s no guarantee that they won’t come back and do it again.”

The couple has been working closely with the police, their neighbours and other members of their community to try to identify the person responsible for the attack.

Only newly-newly completed work was targeted

“It definitely doesn’t look like a random act of vandalism,” said Aurelijus.

“It’s just the new areas that were targeted – new tiles, new slabs.”

Sussex Police have been contacted for comment.