A ‘feral’ gang of prosecco-guzzling teenage girls have been terrorising their neighbours as residents walk in fear and say they are powerless to stop it.
The people of Whipton, Exeter, claim their community is being plagued by up to a dozen school girls, who run riot in the streets, shoplifting, smashing windows, slashing tyres and being verbally abusive.
The school children, nicknamed ‘the little s****’, have also been seen drinking large bottles of booze on their roof-hopping antics.
Afraid of what they might do, residents say ‘We’re nice to them because if you’re not you could have your windows put through.’
Police have made frequent visits to the area with two arrests already having been made and a number of antisocial behaviour orders.
There have also been reports of ‘obscene’ graffiti and racial abuse, according to the local councillor Liz Pole, as residents and officials are desperate to put an end to the teens who have come to run their streets.
While the problem may seem typical of rowdy teenage conduct, angry locals—who are too scared of the young girls to speak publicly—have told MailOnline the issue is much deeper and has only gotten worse.
The homes and businesses on Whipton Village Road and Summer Lane are the focal points of the careless antics.
The area may be regaining its reputation as the ‘Wild West’ of Exeter, which was formally attributed to a pub on the street because it was fraught with fights, drugs and intimidating conduct.
The girls said to be around 14 years old, enjoy being pursued by police and arrested as they believe it gives them ‘street cred’, locals say, as police activity has done nothing to control them.
One shop worker in the area told how the girl gang have been verbally abusive to other staff and he fears the torment could escalate towards other children.
‘One of my colleagues was driving past one afternoon and asked them not to come in the shop again, but they just yelled at her “F***k off, you “f***ing c**t”, so they do come across as feral.
‘What I’ve heard in the area is they’ve slashed people’s tyres and smashed windows.
‘I’m not worried they’ll get violent with us, but god knows what they’ll be like to kids. They’re not scared of adults, so who knows what they could do to children their age.’
He added they have also vandalised the property: ‘They climb over the fence and there’s an alleyway in the back and our loos are outside. They go in there, trash it, leaving sweet wrappers, bottles of prosecco and rip out everything from the toilets so there’s loo paper everywhere.
‘It’s frustrating because we’re having to come in every morning and clean up the mess everywhere.
‘We’ve called the police but they said they can’t do anything because we don’t have CCTV, so it’s just our word against theirs.’
Another shop worker referred to the gang as ‘little sh***’ who brazenly steal from their shelves.
The local said: ‘They’ll be in here causing issues, they’ve actually stolen off the medicine shelf but we’re not allowed to stop shoplifters. They can basically just come in and do whatever they want.’
He added: ‘They’ve been vandalising people’s properties, they’ve been up on the roofs, they actually broke into our flat just upstairs.
‘We call the cops, but not a lot happens.
‘They were on the roof the other night and on someone’s balcony. It’s all the neighbouring shops that are affected.
‘The girls have already started turning violent. Someone across the road had rocks thrown at them, but there’s nothing we can do.’
One local said people walk the streets terrified of the teenagers and try their best to get on with them to avoid becoming the victim of their abuse.
‘I just try to get on with them, we’re nice to them because if you’re not you could have your windows put through. I look at it that way.
‘They’re cheeky if they have to be, like if you confront them. They love the confrontations, they love the chase and when you call the police.
‘They don’t go to school and some of them have ASBOS against them,’ she added.
Another worker from the newsagent said the girls are constantly coming in to steal from them and will make a nuisance ‘going into buildings without permission, breaking windows and throwing stuff at people’.
Disgruntled locals have started talking about the girl gang on a local Facebook page, labelling them “criminals.”
However, their family is also dealing with their disruptive behaviour.
The sister of one of the girls responded to a comment about the troublesome teens, saying: ‘I’m sorry, have you been under a rock? We have been chasing my sister to try to stop this but she is rebelling on her own behalf. What are we supposed to do when the police do nothing.
‘We have done everything general family can do, we are not on the side of the road cheering her on for her bad behaviour, but we are struggling to do much more than what we already are.
‘Maybe if other parents took control we would stand a chance but they don’t.’
Exeter MP Steve Race said: ‘Residents in Whipton have been in touch to let me know about a concerning spate of anti-social behaviour.
‘I know how worrying and disruptive this can be and I have contacted Devon and Cornwall Police for an update on the steps they will be taking to address this issue.
‘I encourage anyone who witnesses criminal activity to report it by calling 101, online or by ringing 999 in an emergency or if a crime is currently in progress.’
We don’t seem to be able to touch these teenagers. The parents are too scared to do anything, the police are terrified and hence there is no discipline, and if something is not done about it we will be seeing more girls like this in future because they know they can get away with it.
This will unfortunately become the norm with vigilantes roaming the UK because we are now living in a lawless Britain.
ASBOS don’t work because these teenagers simply see them as a badge of honour. The only thing that might work now is boot camp, and with some harsh realities they might not go back to their old ways. Discipline and deterrent is the only way.
It appears these teenagers have far too much time on their hands. Round them all up and create an army-type existence. We need to quit being soft. If they treat others as if they’re not human beings then they shouldn’t expect to be treated with respect. I don’t care how many human rights they have, they stopped having any human rights when they stopped treating people like human beings.
Parents and teachers were stopped from punishing children, and this is the outcome. Unfortunately, it has gone on for so long that just parent and teacher discipline would not work now, but boot camp might.
A parent cannot discipline their children and this is where it all went downhill. Banned for smacking your own children – ridiculous, and this country has gradually become a nanny state, but yet the state is not doing its job, and there are no consequences for these bored youths.
The government and others believed that if they removed discipline and rules we would still end up with the same sort of people – nicer even if they weren’t smacked – so this is what occurred – teenagers killing people, stabbing people and threatening people and this is classed as normal!
The thing is, it affects ordinary individuals, but it doesn’t affect our government, and our police are not fit for purpose if they can’t deal with a dozen Prosecco fuelled yobs while the police sit eating doughnuts with one hand and their thumb stuck up their jacksy.
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