A Katherine business owner says he will be standing guard at the front of his shop for the next two nights after his store's windows were overnight smashed by vandals for the second time this month.
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Philip Jazyschyn said "more needs to be done" to deter anti-social behavior in Katherine.
"I will be camped here until our new protective signage is installed," he said.
"I am not impressed that nothing is being done. No one is being held accountable."
Just two weeks ago, Mr Jazyschyn was left counting the costs when his recently bought shop was one of four targeted in a vandalism spree on the main street.
Mr Jazyschyn took over the former The Sweetest Thing premises in Katherine Terrace earlier in the year and was in the midst of renovations in preparation for a chiropractor, laser clinic and a sleep centre.
A week out from opening the shop and days away from protective signage being installed, two windows will have to be replaced.
The store has a history of being a target for break-ins and vandalism, but the new owners were sure a lack of food and cash on the premises would be to their advantage.
"We have found out you cannot have exposed glass on the main street," the store's manager Shannon Lingard said.
Following a marked crime spike at the beginning of the year, which saw almost one business broken into every day, heavy-duty grilles began to appear as protective barriers.
Retailers have installed unwelcoming bars and grilles on windows, and even steel shutters, to discourage vandals and thieves.
Many Katherine residents say the town is beginning to look under siege.
Julie Newton is the owner of The Top Saddlery, a store on the main street which appears to have avoided many serious break-ins.
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She says she has lost count of the times she has arrived to work to see her next-door neighbour's windows smashed.
Despite this, she says she will not be covering her storefront with bars.
"We have been in business for many many years, and the whole time we have been here we have had the same rate of break-ins per year without an entry. So to me that is a reasonable risk."
"If we were getting windows broken every week, I would be concerned.
"But we are a retail shop, we can't put in barriers because then people can't window shop.
"Window shopping is an essential part of shopping."
The newly unveiled CLP candidate for Katherine, Jo Hersey, said she saw the damage as she walked down the main street this morning.
"As a business owner, I know the expense of changing a broken window, the additional insurance, and other costs which add up over time, but it seems the Gunner Government doesn't," Ms Hersey said.
Police have contacted for comment.
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