Security have caught a student suspected of creating over 45 graffiti marks on Leeds University campus.

On Wednesday, PC Matt Guy, the university’s police liaison officer, tweeted: ‘Student Graffiti Tagger linked to 45+ offences…caught by security last night’.

The graffiti symbol, which has been spotted in various locations around campus, streets in Hyde Park and Headingley, and at Leeds Train Station since February, takes an unusual shape and there has been debate surrounding the meaning of the symbol since the last academic year.

Some students have suggested that the symbol represents a vulva, while others have insisted that the graffiti is merely a leaf.

(Image: West Yorkshire Police)

Elli Pugh