'Nightmare' on estate where golf balls thrown at firefighters

Residents of a Mansfield estate say they are feeling intimidated after a spate of anti-social behaviour incidents which has included golf balls being thrown at firefighters. Nottinghamshire Police has been carrying out patrols around the Oak Tree estate after the force confirmed issues including arson and off-road biking.

Another resident of the Oak Tree estate, who did not want to be named but who has lived there for over 40 years, said: "I have seen a lot of things and it's mainly gangs of young people. I've seen them running up and bashing doors, one door has actually been cracked because of it. "With the extreme weather we are already dealing with more incidents than normal, and deliberate fire starting needlessly ties up our resources. Attacks on our crews as they go about their job are completely unacceptable and we will be working with our police colleagues to identify those responsible."

"We have had the mayor around here because we haven't had a councillor ever since our last one sadly passed away. We have been given a number to call to report incidents but none of us has yet because we're all too scared of repercussions." "We are so lucky to have lowland heath here because it's so rare but these people just don't care. It's a mini ecosystem and I've seen deers, squirrels, foxes and all sorts in there but there is just no respect for that or for the people around here from the people doing this."

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