Grimsby mum says she panicked when teens kicked down door

A Grimsby mother-of-four has said she "went into panic mode" after a group of teenagers kicked down her front door.

Alex, 32, said she had been at home with three of her children on Monday evening when she heard "the loudest bang" and her door was broken down.

She said while the group of around 20 youngsters fled when they saw her, she now no longer felt safe at home.

Humberside Police confirmed it had received a number of antisocial behaviour reports in the area.

Alex, who did not wish to give her surname, said she had just put her one-year-old son to bed when "the entire house shook with the loudest bang".

Speaking to BBC Radio Lincolnshire, she said: "I just froze, everything in me went cold.

"I could see shadows at the door and then there was another bang, I went into instant panic mode."

Alex described the moment as "the most scared" she had ever been as she had no idea who would be behind the door.

She said: "All I knew was that I was alone with two young girls and a baby, nothing to defend myself with."

Alex said her two daughters, 10 and eight, had been in the living room and tried to see what was happening.

"I pushed them back inside and that's when the front door swung open so hard it bounced off the wall and left a dent in the wall," she said.

"The teenagers, who stood there, saw me and luckily fled."

She said: "It is one thing to egg somebody's house and have a laugh with your friends but an entirely other thing to make a mother think that her kids are about to die.

"It makes me shake, it makes me want to throw up, thinking about what could've happened."

Humberside Police confirmed officers had been called on Monday to reports of youngsters behaving antisocially, kicking a resident's door and throwing items at cars.

Insp Matt Stringer said any form of antisocial behaviour or criminality would not be tolerated and urged residents to report such incidents.

Insp Stringer added: "Nobody should be made to feel scared or fearful in their own community."

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