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Dear Messenger,

I am writing with regard to the anti-social behaviour of a group of children from the De La Salle Estate.

It started last October when I had fireworks thrown at myself and my dog when crossing Scott Road on the way to check on my elderly parent. I shouted at them to stop throwing bangers at the dog and this is when the abuse started.

With winter coming and dark nights approaching, things went fortunately quiet. As soon as spring arrived and the nights were getting lighter things got decidedly worse. These children seem to wait for me returning from my after work walk with my dog, and pelt us with pebbles gathered from the graves.

Recently they put a large plank of wood from a skip and put it across the exit gate, stopping me from getting out. While removing the plank my dog and I were pelted with pebbles, and received racial abuse about my white origin. This was from young children.

I have phoned the police several times, but get put on hold for over 15 minutes. On the rare occasions I got through to them, nothing happened about the situation, leaving me very annoyed and scared to go walking with my dog. I am getting to the stage where a good clip round the ear would not go amiss, but then I would be in the wrong, the law being in their favour.

I am at the end of my patience and would be grateful for any help in this matter. Something needs to be done asap, as I have heard similar stories.

Kind Regards
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