A carer has come forward and admitted carrying out a pavement graffiti attack in Narberth. Ms. Yvelaine Armstrong says she sprayed 'danger loose paving' on the pavement in white paint with arrows pointing to the alleged offending slabs at two locations in the town as a warning to pedestrians. "I did it and I stand by what I did," Ms. Armstrong said in a letter to the county council. "The last thing I want to be doing is breaking the law, but because of a bad experience, I feel it necessary to warn residents that the pavements are loose and dangerous because people old and young are tripping over them and being hurt." Concern was particularly heightened by the fact that Ms. Armstrong looks after former Mayor of Narberth, Clr. Henry Langen, who was recently thrown down head first from his wheelchair after a paving slab had been removed in Spring Gardens. In her letter, Ms. Armstrong says Clr. Langen suffered horrific injuries and severe after-effects. "The town council has begged for years for the state of the pavements to be remedied, yet the response is insufficient," she stressed. Last week, Pembrokeshire County Council said that the slabs highlighted by the graffiti did not impinge on their code of practice for highway maintenance. However, the local authority did conduct a pavement survey around the town. They only found two flagstones which required attention and they were repaired within an hour. "In the time it took to remove the graffiti, the council could have mended the paving," said Ms. Armstrong, who now faces a bill from the council for removal of the graffiti. She continued: "If the criterion for pavement maintenance is being adhered to by the county council, then the criterion is set below an acceptable level. It should not be possible for paving to be easily removed. "Anybody can lift anything given the determination, but a child should not be able to move a cracked or rocking paving slab, as is the case in Narberth High Street. "This paving was laid in the mid-1990s. We get a lot of visitors in Narberth and therefore there is a lot of pedestrian traffic over them causing wear and tear. They need to be maintained better." When contacted by the Observer, Pembrokeshire County Council's press and public relations officer, Mr. Len Mullins, said: "The council has every sympathy for Mr. Langen, who undoubtedly suffered very nasty injuries in his fall. However, it is clear from the picture that the paving slab has been deliberately removed and the council cannot be held responsible for individual acts of vandalism. "Furthermore, the actions of Ms. Armstrong in spraying the pavements with graffiti cannot be condoned. "There are procedures to follow when reporting such defects and the council has to satisfy rigid response times in repairing them. "All the roads and pavements in our town centres - including Narberth - are inspected on a regular and frequent basis. A recent inspection uncovered two flagstones which required attention, and they were repaired within one hour. "If members of the public do come across defects which are giving cause for concern, then they should report it to the council's customer contact centre on 01437 764551. "The authority can confirm that it intends to recover the costs of removing the graffiti." Footnote: At last month's meeting of the town council, Clr. Henry Langen, who uses a wheelchair, said he had been seriously injured because of damage to a pavement in Spring Gardens. A paving slab had been removed and he fell out of his wheelchair onto his face off the pavement and into the road. His nose was broken; he suffered other injuries and required stitches for a wound on his leg. He expressed concern that repairs appeared to be carried out only after someone had been injured. The town council agreed to write to the county council to query their policy and to request that pavements be inspected at regular intervals.