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Vile and threatening graffiti targeting Hearts owner Ann Budge was sprayed onto the side of a bridge in Edinburgh.

Blue paint reading "Hang Ann Budge" was seen on a bridge over the Water of Leith at Murrayfield this week.

Twitter users who saw the graffiti said it was "disgusting stuff" and "moronic".

Hearts supporters protested outside Tynecastle Park at the weekend following the club's defeat to Motherwell.

As well as demanding the resignation of manager Craig Levein, they chanted "sack the board."

Edinburgh council has pledged to remove the graffiti from the bridge near Murrayfield Stadium.

On Thursday, Budge issued a lengthy statement giving her backing to Craig Levein, while saying she had been "frustrated" with recent results.

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