A POSTBOX painted gold to honour Dewsbury-born Olympic hero Alistair Brownlee has been daubed in graffiti.
The box in Horsforth had been painted gold in honour of Team GB’s Olympic heroes.
People living in the area were shocked to find someone had badly stencilled what appear to be the words “Time to Waste” or “Gone to Waste” on the box in runny black paint.
Sub-postmaster Sardarah Singh said he found the graffiti on Tuesday morning.
But the Royal Mail, which has painted boxes around the UK to mark each of Team GB’s gold medals, has vowed to repaint it gold.
Royal Mail spokeswoman Morag Turnbull said: “We are extremely disappointed that someone has chosen to vandalise the gold postbox painted to recognise the gold medal-winning achievement of Alistair Brownlee.
“We have teams around the UK which look after and maintain our 115,000 postboxes and we will repair the damage to this box as soon as possible.”
