A council has spoken out after a crude image was drawn around a pothole in Sussex.
Images taken on Monday (September 29) show the graffiti spotted on Portland Road, in Worthing, West Sussex.
The photographs show a penis drawn on the road, outlining a large pothole in the middle of the street.
It comes amid a national vigilante movement aimed at getting the potholes fixed - with some people taking matters into their own hands to spray-paint them while other plant flowers in them.
West Sussex County Council has criticised the incident and urged people to "not risk their lives" by painting on live roads.
A spokeswoman for the council said: “This pothole was identified for repair prior to any offensive graffiti being painted around it. It is scheduled to be fixed imminently.
“We do not condone vandalism and urge people not to risk their lives (and, potentially, other people’s lives if they cause an accident) by going on a live carriageway to paint graffiti.
"Adding graffiti of this nature won’t speed up a repair or mean we undertake a repair when there is no safety issue present.”
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This isn't the first time Sussex potholes have been targeted with this sort of graffiti.
In May last year, vandals drew penises around two large potholes in Tangmere.
The crude drawings were painted during the night, and were larger than a car.
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