A 70-Year-Old Grandmother Chased Yobs After They Broke And Destroyed Her Gate

A grandmother who chased a gang of yobs after they smashed her garden gate claims she was told off by police after telling them she would ‘wring their necks’ if she saw the teens again. 

Gillian Mears, 70, said she ‘just saw red’ after the group damaged her back gate at her house in Kessingland, Suffolk.

Following the incident, Mrs Mears, who has four grandkids, pursued the yobs with assistance from her neighbours.

She reported the damage, but when the police came to her house, she was reprimanded for her 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.’

After the attack on April 20, Mrs. Mears and her husband John had to pay a hefty amount of money to have the gate fixed, just to have the vandals come again.

When they came back, Mr Mears, who is disabled, went to confront the gang but fell over and hurt himself.

Mrs Mears then picked her husband up off the floor and called the police.

The couple claimed that the gate was broken by vandals once more and that they had to pay £520 to have it restored.

The couple also added that they are ‘living in fear’ that the group will return.

Mrs Mears said: ‘Those evil kids just laughing at me and my husband make me feel sick and full of despair with the next generation. I have no hope, and 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.’

For further information, MailOnline has been in touch with Suffolk Police.

It’s no surprise that some people do what they want to do without any consideration for others when the police certainly seem to condone their behaviour whilst condemning those who try to stop it. The police need to get their priorities right and start doing the job they used to.

This lady doubtless said what she said metaphorically, but the police took it literally. How on earth would a 70-year-old lady ‘wring their necks’, even though she probably wanted to, would not have had the strength to do so?

This saying is as old as the hills. My mother used to say it to me as a child, but wouldn’t have done it!

It was misconstrued by the police, who clearly have a literacy problem.

Instead of serving and defending people who are defending their rights by defending their property, the police have shifted more in favour of those who engage in criminal activity. This raises the question of whether we have a police force at all.