I HAVE just caught a posse of people red-handed. They were “vandalising” a wall of excellent street art with bland cream paint under the A64 by the giant solar system sun at the start of the Selby cycle path.

Apparently this “cream vandalism” was organised by the Probation Service using people on community service, as recently championed by Lord Mayor of York Susan Galloway as a social service.

I don’t think so. I am in my 50s and regularly walk from York College to admire and photograph the excellent spray-painted art that embellishes and enriches the underpass.

Most of it is giant words or names, but regularly beautifully painted good cartoon pictures, sometimes political. They never stay the same for long. It is a fantastic large flat wall space for artwork. The site provides a social service for street artists to paint large pictures. Many people really enjoy looking at them and anticipating what we will see next.

It is already self-regulating. All the artists know their work will only last a few weeks before someone else paints a new picture.

I’m sure most of us are glad to see offensive graffiti removed. We should stop wasting money painting over anything else.

Charles Everett, North Moor, Huntington, York.