A Wallsend man said he has been subjected to abuse by yobs so much that he has had to move back in with his parents - where he and his three children all share a bedroom measuring just 8ft by 8ft.
Colin Chapman moved into Coventry Gardens in North Shields in September last year, but trouble started just two weeks later when stones and eggs were thrown at his door on a regular basis by youths from the local area.
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