An senior citizen in Attard who was the victim of a late-night paint attack on his home while he was asleep has defiantly declared that he will not be intimidated.

Anthony Navarro was shocked to discover green paint splashed all over his front door and surrounding wall at around 7 a.m. yesterday.

This is the second time paint has been thrown at Mr Navarro’s house close to San Anton Palace – he was the victim of a similar attack involving green paint in 2002. Police investigated that attack but no arrests were made.

Although Mr Navarro could not say for certain who carried out the attacks, he said he was often forced to complain about noise emanating from two nearby bars and someone may have been aggrieved.

“It is like living in Paceville here, we’re kept awake every night till at least 3 a.m. Customers leave the establishments at around 1 or 2 a.m. but then they remain in the area, talking and laughing outside our homes,” said Mr Navarro. Although he won a court case two years ago to force the establishments to stop playing music after 11 p.m., the retiree told The Sunday Times his complaints to the local council and police about noise levels from customers often fell on deaf ears, leaving residents feeling powerless.

No other properties in the area have been targeted by paint attacks and Mr Navarro said the neighbourhood does not have a problem with vandalism.

He said many local residents complained to the police anonymously about noise levels in the area, but he was the only one to do it in his name. “Whoever did this has failed to frighten me – I will not be intimidated,” he said.