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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Edward Barnes

Woman 'scared to go outside' as area taken over by balaclava clad gangs

A couple living in a small Merseyside town said they've been the targets of antisocial behaviour on a daily basis.

After moving from Liverpool to New Ferry on the Wirral in 2020, Sam said: “We just thought when we moved here it would be quite a nice area. We didn’t think it would be no trouble but we thought it was going to be more normal. We’ve just found it’s the same.”

Sam said they have had groups of youths outside their door wearing balaclavas after reporting the issues to the police.

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