Hunt for ‘crazy’ Huddersfield youths after ‘frightening’ midnight incident

Police are appealing for witnesses to a criminal attack in Linthwaite, Huddersfield.

West Yorkshire Police said a group of youths allegedly damaged a traffic light on Manchester Road in the early hours of Sunday morning. A police spokesman said: “An offense of criminal damage following a report of a group of youths causing criminal damage to a traffic light on Manchester Road, near the junction with Causeway Side, just after midnight on Sunday 14 July.

“Officers attended the scene and carried out a number of inquiries in the local area.”

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Residents said they found the late-night noises “scary” and intimidating. Other incidents of damage are said to have taken place over the weekend, although it is not known if they are linked.

A Linthwaite woman said she heard a noise in the early hours of Saturday. She claimed a group of four or five youths used a sledgehammer to break through a car park wall and the walls of residents in Hoyle House Fold.

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She did not want to be named, but said: “It’s not nice that things around us are mindlessly destroyed, but it’s also quite scary. You don’t feel comfortable confronting them to stop it. You just have to sit and watch. , it’s very intimidating.”

Anyone with information or footage that could help the investigation is asked to contact Kirklees Police on 101 quoting police crime number 13240379263. Information can also be given online or anonymously to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.