A widow says she is being “tormented” by youths on e-scooters tossing stones at her house, yelling through the window and frightening her dogs.
The lady, who resides in Eythorne, near Dover, feels so frightened by the “aggressive” teenagers that she is terrified to head out into her front garden.
Police are examining reports of harassment and state officers are performing additional patrols to discourage the yobs on “nuisance vehicles”.
The Flax Court Lane homeowner, who wants to stay confidential, informed KentOnline how the group of children “cause havoc” every night along the bridleway that runs together with her home.
Some of their behaviour has actually been captured on her security video camera – consisting of video footage which appears to reveal among the louts spitting on a neighbour’s car.
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The lady says the sound of the e-scooters echoes through her house and has actually triggered her high blood pressure to spike.
Meanwhile, among her dogs has actually ended up being so stressed out that she’s needed to take him to the veterinarians.
The lady said: “They go up and down the hill quite fast so I asked them to slow down but they got all aggressive at me.
“They then obviously got the hump with me and since then they have been tormenting the hell out of me.
“They decided they were going to cause havoc right outside my front door. They would hit my wheelie bin, throw stones at my window and upset my dogs by shouting through the window.
“They now go up and down on an e-scooter just outside my property. My cottage is quite old so it is only three or four feet down from the road – so it is really loud when they go past and it echoes through the whole house and really upsets the dogs.
“I have one dog who has Addison’s so he needs to be kept quite calm – but with my other dog kicking off, he has been at the vets for the past four days.”
Meanwhile, she says her own high blood pressure has actually surged to 150/95 due to the tension. Normal pressure is 120/80 or lower.
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The lady included: “It is every night and they usually arrive just before 6pm and could be there until 9pm.
“They must be 14- to 16-years-old. I think it will only get worse with the summer holidays coming up.”
The villager says she has actually called the authorities a minimum of 5 times and has actually just been informed to prevent the group.
But she said: “How can I avoid them when I am trying to get to my garden which is over the road from my house?
“I am fearful about even going out of my side gate because they will be riding up and down and causing me grief.
“I cannot even take my dogs out on a walk, I have to send them to a dog walking company which is costing me. I should be able to walk them outside my own property.
“They are just horrible and it is victimisation because I am a widow so I am on my own.
“It is horrendous and something needs to be done.”
She says while the group seems generally targeting her, other locals have actually likewise been disrupted by them.
“I was speaking to my neighbour and one of them rode between us on his bike,” she said.
“He did not stop or slow down. Either of us could have been knocked over and hurt.
“My neighbour asked him to stop and he did not.”
A cops representative said officers are examining a report of harassment.
They said: “It was reported that shortly after 7pm on June 28, a teenage boy rode a bicycle towards a woman.
“It was also reported that a person shouted through the woman’s window later on the same day.
“Patrols have spoken to the victim and she has been offered safeguarding advice while enquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances of this incident and related issues which were first reported on June 20.”
Anyone with details on this needs to call authorities on 01843 222289 pricing estimate 46/119339/23.
The representative included that officers from the Dover area policing group are likewise checking out concerns of anti-social riding of e-scooters on a bridlepath and will be performing high-visibility patrols over the coming weeks.
“Kent Police is committed to tackling anti-social behaviour including any issues involving nuisance vehicles and it is one of the main focuses of the force’s latest Safer Summer initiative,” they said.
“Anyone who experiences anti-social behaviour should report it to police so officers and partner agencies can respond appropriately.”
E-scooters have actually long triggered debate in Kent, with the county’s Police and Crime Commissioner just recently requiring any of the automobiles being ridden on public streets to be seized and crushed.
The electrical automobiles are unlawful to ride on any land not independently owned – unless in a town or city covered by a federal government trial.
