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Michael Pringle

Torching of family's car in Lanarkshire town follows complaints about antisocial behaviour

A dad-of-three whose car was deliberately set alight outside his Larkhall home feels his family are “under attack” because he complained about antisocial behaviour in their street.

Alex Mitchell moved from Leicester to Scotland seven years ago and settled in the South Lanarkshire town with his wife Natalie. They have three young daughters, Skylar five, Kady, three, and two-year-old Peyton.

The family was within their home in Glen Avenue on Monday, April 17, when a neighbour knocked on their front door to tell them Alex’s Ford Fiesta van was on fire.

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