'The need for CCTV in parks could not be clearer after horrific attack'

Renfrewshire councillors have been urged to support a plea to install CCTV in all of its main parks after a woman was raped in Paisley last month.

- JACK THOMSON, LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTER

The need to do so “could not be clearer”, claimed a “horrified” elected member, after the harrowing attack in Brodie Park in mid-November.

Councillor Graeme Clark has submitted a motion to next Thursday's full council meeting and encouraged his peers of all parties and none to come together on the issue.

The Labour representative for Paisley Northeast and Ralston said: “I am horrified by what took place at Brodie Park recently and my thoughts are with the victim at this extremely difficult time.

“The need for CCTV in our local parks could not be clearer - to help deter crime as well as to aid police investigations - and I am deeply disappointed that the council appears not to have heeded my previous calls on the issue whatsoever.

“The council can no longer ignore the need for this and that's why I have lodged this motion.

“Councillors clearly need to take a lead on the issue of community safety.