Youths rampage with chainsaw

Herts Comet 2/6/05 YOUTHS with a chainsaw and axes damaged a fence and two 20 foot fir trees, felling one, near a quiet residential street in Stevenage. At around 8pm residents saw a group of youths hitting trees and the fence with axes. When Police arrived the youths run off.

2 hours later another call was logged to say that a fight between youths and residents had broken out. Two of the teenagers were taken to Lister Hospital suffering from cuts to the back of the head and arms.


"The residents had intervened before we got there. We have arrested three residents as a result of a confrontation with the youths. We have recovered the chainsaw." Said the Police.

The incident happened a stone's throw (who is throwing stones in a Dispersal area ?) away from the boundary of one of the Police's Section 30 Dispersal Orders. Now the police have extended the boundaries of the order to include the grassy area. In future if youths congregate there, they can be moved on by police officers.

This story reads more like Vigilantes attack youths.