A British backpacker has been arrested after allegedly helping her boyfriend to spray graffiti on a road bridge in Cambodia.<br /><br />Ruby Wilkins, 28, from Manchester, appeared on CCTV sitting on a motorcycle in Kampot province at around 1am last Thursday (June 11).<br /><br />Her partner was then allegedly seen tagging 'Soren2020' along the concrete road blocks. <br /><br />Officials checked the surveillance footage and traced the motorcycle to a nearby guest house where Ruby was arrested. <br /><br />They claim that the same pair had also daubed their tag on a nearby advertising billboard.<br /><br />Outraged locals were then forced to scrub away the vandalism in the sweltering 35C heat.<br /><br />One of those at the scene cleaning, Pi Sey, said: ''Foreigners like to do this in their own country but here it's not allowed. <br /><br />''This is a public place so it's a distraction for drivers. We have to clean it all away.'' <br /><br />Kampot District council revealed the details of the case but the boyfriend was not immediately found and had not been named.<br /><br />They said in a statement that Ruby had been arrested at around 10pm the day after the alleged graffiti vandalism on June 12.<br /><br />The council added: ''Criminal and Immigration force staff arrested a foreigner for causing intentional damage by spraying on a billboard and a new bridge.<br /><br />''They were British citizen Ruby Patricia Wilkins. A case will now be built against the suspect.''<br /><br />In October 2018, Lee Furlong, 23, from Liverpool was arrested in neighbouring Chiang Mai province in Thailand for pray painting 'Scouse Lee' on an ancient fortress.
