Former soldier arrested for kidnap after his citizen's arrest on yob who pelted his home with eggs
[...] The trouble started on the evening of February 17 when Mr McCourt and his wife Maria heard a bang on the window of their £170,000 semi-detached home in Crawley, West Sussex.
Mr McCourt went outside to find two boys 'of about 11' throwing stones, mud and eggs at houses. He reprimanded them and told them not to come back.
But when he returned from work the next day, he found his wife in tears.
He said: 'She was absolutely terrified. She told me a gang of kids had been throwing things at the house all afternoon, and shouting all the names under the sun at her.'
When they came back later, Mr McCourt called the police on their anti-social behaviour hotline but couldn't get an answer despite holding for three-quarters of an hour.
He went out to look for a community support officer but couldn't find one.
At his wit's end, Mr McCourt grabbed one of the louts, led him into his house and demanded to know the boy's name, his mother's name and her phone number.
While he was trying to call the boy's mother, she turned up banging on the door, shouting and swearing.
He said: 'She said she didn't want me manhandling her son. I said if she'd brought him up properly, I wouldn't have to.'
Mr McCourt let the child go but minutes later police arrived and arrested him on suspicion of kidnapping. [...]
Is it any wonder that people are emigrating out of Britain in droves? What is wrong with British youths? Youth gangs are also responsible for a growing number of murders, including random, lethal attacks against Goths.
Is this the result of being taught to hate their own country? By a culture that tells them everything is meaningless, and there is nothing worth striving for? That is exactly what some people are saying.
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