'I have no hope, their parents should be ashamed.'
A grandmother was told off by cops after telling them she would ‘wring the necks’ of teenagers who smashed her garden gate if she saw them again.
Gillian Mears, 70, says she ‘just saw red’ and chased a group of teenagers who damaged her back gate at her house in Kessingland, Suffolk.
Mrs Mears, who has four grandchildren, chased them and her neighbours also helped pursue the teens after the attack.
But when police visited her home after she had made a complaint about the damage, she was told off for making threats.
She said: ‘I just saw red and lost the plot in a fit of rage and took to chasing the gang of youths down the street.
‘Our neighbours came out of their houses to try and help me catch them, which was really nice. I called the police and only when I told them that if I got my hands on them I would wring their necks did they rock up.
‘When they arrived they told me off for making that threat, which was not a threat it was me just venting my anger.’
Mrs Mears and husband John then had to fork out a large sum of money to have the gate repaired after the April 20 attack, only for the vandals to return again.
The youths later returned, Mr Mears, who is disabled, went to confront the gang who were damaging their property but fell over and hurt himself.
Mrs Mears then helped her husband up off the floor and called the police.
The couple said the vandals completely destroyed the gate, again, and in total, they have had to pay £520 to have it fixed.
The couple also added they are ‘living in fear’ that the group will return again.
Mrs Mears said: ‘Those evil kids just laughing at me and my husband makes me feel sick and full of despair with the next generation, I have no hope, their parents should be ashamed.
‘My husband, who is not very mobile in his old age, had a nasty fall attempting to confront them. I had to pick him off the floor and it was very distressing. Then to add to the misery we saw the damage to our gate which had been completely smashed in.’
A Suffolk Police spokesman said: ‘The investigation is ongoing into the criminal damage and anti-social behaviour by a group of youths on April 20.’
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