Eviction for children who terrorized the halton moor estate.
Two families whose children roamed wild and terrorised neighbours are being evicted from their homes.
Alison Wood, 30, and her family of three, and 29-year-old Wendy Hardy and her three children, are expected to leave their homes in Appleby Place on the Halton Moor estate in Leeds on Wednesday.
A dossier of complaints was built up against the children, culminating in Leeds City Council's application to have the families evicted.
We do not expect our tenants to be saints but we do expect them to show a basic minimum of respect to their neighbours
Sherry Bradley The incidents, which went on for 18 months, included racial abuse of a Turkish neighbour, verbal abuse of elderly residents, an attempt to steal medical bags from a visiting ambulance, burglary and vandalism.
The youngsters, aged between six and 13, were also said to have threatened to petrol bomb neighbours, thrown stones at residents' homes, emptied tins of paint over walls, scattered rubbish in the street and burnt down a bin store.
Warnings ignored
The children were also caught on video letting down the tyres of a visiting GP's car.
The council had warned the two families about their unacceptable behaviour on numerous occasions before they were taken to Leeds County Court when the warnings were ignored.
Sherry Bradley, executive councillor with responsibility for housing, said: "We do not expect our tenants to be saints but we do expect them to show a basic minimum of respect to their neighbours and for their own and others' property.
"We also expect them to control their children - sooner or later, people will start to realise this."
Ms Hardy, who has a nine-year-old son and two daughters, aged 10 and six, said the problems began when old people moved on to the estate.
I think it's sad when kids can't be kids. What's the world coming to?
Wendy Hardy "They don't appreciate that kids have got to play in the streets. If they had told me of the problems, I would have done something, but they never said a word.
"I think it's sad when kids can't be kids. What's the world coming to?"
Ms Wood, who has two sons aged 11 and six and a 13-year-old daughter, blamed her neighbour's children for the problem.
"My kids have been tarred with the same brush," she said.
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Alison Wood, 30, and her family of three, and 29-year-old Wendy Hardy and her three children, are expected to leave their homes in Appleby Place on the Halton Moor estate in Leeds on Wednesday.
A dossier of complaints was built up against the children, culminating in Leeds City Council's application to have the families evicted.
We do not expect our tenants to be saints but we do expect them to show a basic minimum of respect to their neighbours
Sherry Bradley The incidents, which went on for 18 months, included racial abuse of a Turkish neighbour, verbal abuse of elderly residents, an attempt to steal medical bags from a visiting ambulance, burglary and vandalism.
The youngsters, aged between six and 13, were also said to have threatened to petrol bomb neighbours, thrown stones at residents' homes, emptied tins of paint over walls, scattered rubbish in the street and burnt down a bin store.
Warnings ignored
The children were also caught on video letting down the tyres of a visiting GP's car.
The council had warned the two families about their unacceptable behaviour on numerous occasions before they were taken to Leeds County Court when the warnings were ignored.
Sherry Bradley, executive councillor with responsibility for housing, said: "We do not expect our tenants to be saints but we do expect them to show a basic minimum of respect to their neighbours and for their own and others' property.
"We also expect them to control their children - sooner or later, people will start to realise this."
Ms Hardy, who has a nine-year-old son and two daughters, aged 10 and six, said the problems began when old people moved on to the estate.
I think it's sad when kids can't be kids. What's the world coming to?
Wendy Hardy "They don't appreciate that kids have got to play in the streets. If they had told me of the problems, I would have done something, but they never said a word.
"I think it's sad when kids can't be kids. What's the world coming to?"
Ms Wood, who has two sons aged 11 and six and a 13-year-old daughter, blamed her neighbour's children for the problem.
"My kids have been tarred with the same brush," she said.
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