"There's a big gang of them... they're targeting me": Mum, 50, scared to leave the house after gang of yobs smash windows 14 TIMES in terrifying attacks
27.04.2022 - 10:23
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A mum says she is terrified to leave the house after a long-running campaign of abuse from a gang of youths. Tracey Baldwin, 50, says teenage yobs have smashed the windows of her Stockport home 14 times in less than two years.
On several occasions, fireworks have been hurled at the property where she lives with her 25-year-old daughter, Jodie. Ms Baldwin says the abuse has become so bad that police have warned her "life is in danger" if she doesn't leave the area where she has lived her whole life.
"They are targeting my house," she said. "There's a big gang of them.
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"I can't even walk to the shop without being intimidated by teenagers, or go out of the house without looking behind my back. That's how bad it is getting.
"I've reported every incident to the police and they've done nothing. They've said my life is in danger at the property."
Following the first few attacks in 2020, Ms Baldwin spent more than £500 installing CCTV cameras outside her home in Norcross Close, Offerton. However, it has failed to deter further attacks.
Several pieces of CCTV footage seen by the Manchester Evening News show youths approach the property before launching bricks through Ms Baldwin's windows. The most recent incident happened on Saturday when video captured someone kicking Ms Baldwin's gate before another person threw an item at her window.
Just days earlier, Ms Baldwin says her kitchen and bathroom windows were smashed by a gang of youths. Ms Baldwin, who works as a cleaner at Manchester Airport, says she has been forced to take time off to work to deal with the incidents.
She has reported each of the attacks to Greater Manchester