A quaint town has become plagued by violent teenagers who have attacked elderly women, smashed windows, set public toilets alight and take drugs on the street, it has been claimed.
Crook, in County Durham, was once a thriving market town but its residents are now too scared to set foot in the centre as “out of control” teens vandalise local businesses and terrorise residents.
The unruly youths have thrown bricks at bus drivers, smashed the glass in the bus stop and smeared graffiti around.