Neighbourhood Watch demands vandalised Rutherglen payphones are removed amid disorder claims

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A Neighbourhood Watch volunteer is campaigning for vandalised and broken Rutherglen Main Street payphones to be removed, replaced or fixed amongst public disorder claims.Barry Cathie of the Cathkin and Springhall Neighbourhood Watch has had numerous complaints from residents over the BT payphones on the Main Street being hubs for disorder.The security guard claims he has received reports of individuals defecating in the badly-damaged phone boxes - many of which don’t even have phones left in them.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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All don’t work apart from one.“They are totally wrecked with graffiti and are just shells as they don’t even have phones.“We have been told that locals have seen people doing the toilet in them.

They are a total mess and something needs to be done as they are bringing the Main Street down."There is only one that still works and them still being there is just encouraging people to continually vandalise the area.“BT needs to either remove, replace or fix them as this has gone on long enough.”Barry has surveyed around 200 locals to gather their opinions on the phone boxes, with 76 percent of them believing they should be removed.South Lanarkshire Councillor for