Group of feral Scottish youths threaten girl outside local beauty salon
| Published date | 16 June 2022 |
The incident occurred on Monday, with Kasey desperately trying to protect herself when the group, aged between nine and 13, launched an attack on the salon.
The Record reports how they began battering the windows of the salon and issuing extremely threatening behaviour when Kasey tried to lock the door.
Large chips and cracks were left in the salon's windows, which could cost thousands of pounds to repair.
Distressed and terrified, Kasey called her mum and salon owner, Stacey, who came across while the same group were swinging bats at cars parked nearby. She managed to snap multiple photos of the youths.
Police Scotland have launched an investigation into the incident.
Mum-of-three Stacey said: "It's just absolutely disgusting and unfortunately, because they're kids, nothing will probably even be done about it.
"My oldest daughter was working at the salon and she was doing a customer's nails when they became aware of a group of youths outside.
"There were three boys and a girl - two of them had metal baseball bats. They crossed the road towards the shop and obviously wanted to start some sort of commotion.
"They started hitting the bats off the windows which are very large - almost floor to ceiling in size.
"My daughter Kasey and her client had tried to ignore it even though they were petrified. It's not what you expect when you're at your work.
"They've then come round to the front door, which they can see straight through. My daughter has run to the door to lock it.
"They started hitting the door with the bat, shouting a lot of swear words and saying that they were going to take the bat across her skull.
"They've then continued round to the other window at the other side and started hitting that one too.
"Thankfully the glass hasn't shattered because it's obviously very tough panes. But there's lots of big chips out the glass.
"Because we're on a main road as well, there's a lot of traffic that goes past.
"So I can't even afford to not replace the glass in case stones or anything were to fly up off the road and it could hit them. It would be a safety...
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