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Teenagers cause more than £100,000 worth of damage

Neighbours in Hillcroft Road, Wallasey, were trapped in their homes as the havoc continued through Wednesday evening.

Today the great clean up was continuing after roofs and cars – including police vehicles – were wrecked scattering debris everywhere.

Lisa Symons, 34, went to speak to a neighbour when slates started flying off roofs.

She said: “It happened so quickly.

“I had to dive into my friend’s house with my three-year-old son – we were all hysterical.

“The street turned into a war zone and we couldn’t leave the house.

“I was terrified as my husband and other two children were alone in my house.”

Debbie Williams’s roof was badly damaged.

She said: “I saw a pair of legs hanging over the top of the roof and shut the curtains and ran downstairs.

“My six-year-old daughter Leah was hysterical and I was petrified.

“I put earplugs on her to try to stop her crying because the noise was so loud.”

Debbie’s husband Carl, 31, added: “Our daughter is still petrified and keeps asking if the police have caught them.”

Another neighbour, Bill Gibson, was alone in his house at the time of the stand-off as police tried to persuade the teenagers to come down from the roofs.

The 77-year-old, who recently had heart surgery, said: “I heard banging and shouting and thought the roof was going to cave in.

“I felt like I was in the blitz and really started to panic so I had to take my heart spray.

“I’m still a bit shaken up and am worried about getting everything fixed.”

Both youths who stayed on the roofs from around 8pm to 1am have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and public order offences.

Poulton councillor John Salter said: “We believe this has caused £100,000 worth of damage, trashing three police and two private cars as well as the roof damage.

“It is just unbelievable – I’ve never seen anything like it before.”


THE ECHO

WTF did they think they were going to do at 15 and 16 with a Ferrari and beer Technically not old enough to drink and not old enough to drive

lol

that's funny actually J, because isn't that what we were saying last night? If you had sense you'd demand a helicopter, £1m and safe passage to Switzerland to deposit your money - but no these twits ask for Stella - premium chav juice

............and too old to go across somebody's knee and have their @rse skelped......... or are they????

Ferrari and Beer isn't bad, most roofers want an arm and a leg off you

well what's next

Merseyside Police can confirm that a second teenage boy has been arrested following an incident in Hillcroft Road, Wallasey, yesterday (Wednesday, April 15, 2009).

Officers were making enquiries in the Wallasey area following an assault yesterday afternoon when at around 8.30pm a 15-year-old youth climbed up onto the roof of a property in Hillcroft Road to evade speaking to them.

He was then joined by a 16-year-old and the pair proceeded to cause considerable damage to roof tiles and a number of vehicles parked in the street.

At around 1am today (Thursday, April 16, 2009) one of the youths voluntarily came down from the roof and was arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage and public order offences. The other youth came down shortly before 2am and was arrested on suspicion of the same offences. Both remain in police custody.

Hillcroft Street was cordonned off during the incident and residents advised to stay in their homes while trained police officers negotiated with the youths. The road remains blocked off this morning while the extent of the damage is assessed.

No-one was injured during the incident, including police officers. Three police cars were among several vehicles damaged


Mersyside Police News

Youths charged over roof incident

Two Merseyside teenagers have been charged by police after a five-hour stand-off with officers from a roof took place.

The youths, aged 15 and 16, allegedly scaled a house on Hillcroft Road in Wallasey on Wednesday as officers tried to quiz them about an alleged assault.

They were later charged with criminal damage, recklessly endangering life and affray.

The 15-year-old was also charged with possession of an offensive weapon.

Both youths are to appear at Wirral Magistrates' Court.

No police officers were injured, but their cars, along with several other vehicles were damaged.

BBC NEWS

Scaled a house?! Did they think it was Spiderman?

its going to crown court i have heard

Liverpool Echo

Cop punched me in the head claims man, 72

Apr 20 2009 Liverpool Echo

A GRANDAD was allegedly punched in the side of the head and pushed to the floor by a policeman during a five-hour stand-off with a pair of youths.

Terence Warren, 72, was looking after his two grandchildren, aged 10 and 11, last Wednesday night in Hollcroft Road, Poulton, when two teenagers began hurling slates off roofs on to the street.

He said: “I had moved my car so a fire engine could come down the road, and then all hell broke loose.”

Police swarmed the area and cordoned off the road as the youths continued to rip off roofs, smashing the tiles down on to cars from around 8pm to 1am.

Terence, who has an artificial knee, said: “It went quiet at about 11pm and I went out to move my car again, so it wouldn’t get damaged, but was told by a young officer to go back to my house.

“We were just talking normally and I was about to go back into my house when this big sergeant came up behind me and punched me in the side of the head, smashing my glasses, and flung me to the floor.

“He was a giant of a man.

“‘I was shaking like a leaf and was then taken to one side by some other officers.

“I was not allowed to go back to my house to look after my grandchildren.

“I was shaking that much I sat on the floor and all these people came around me to see if I was ok.

“It was ridiculous I wouldn’t have minded if I’d done something wrong.”

Eyewitness, Andrew Quinn, 21, a taxi driver said he was “shocked and appalled” by the incident.

He said: “I saw an old man come out and be smashed over the back of the head so hard that he fell to the floor.”

A police spokeswoman said: "Merseyside Police can confirm that the formal complaint has been received.”

A 15-year-old was charged with criminal damage, criminal damage – recklessly endangering life, affray, assault and possession of offensive weapon and a 16-year-old was charged with criminal damage recklessly endangering life and affray.

that terrible

A GRANDAD was allegedly punched in the side of the head and pushed to the floor by a policeman during a five-hour stand-off with a pair of youths.

Just noticed the Echo spelt the name of the road Hollcroft, so phoned the Echo & the said they will correct it!

Just letting everyone know incase they try to phone the Echo.

More police brutality, happens all the time

I wanna hear what the kids have to say, i can assure you they would of had the s**t kicked out of them

No doubt the officer in question will get away with it like they ALWAYS do except for if it was caught on video.
They all stick together those type, sad acts shouldn`t be in the force.

Tehhh, and they sack someone just because he was a member of the BNP?

Pricks