Gangs of teenage vandals are running riot have turned our picturesque town into a yobs playground

ITS one of the UKs oldest boroughs, but Barnstaple is being plagued by a new wave of crime and antisocial behaviour driven by teenage yobs who are out of control. Residents in the picturesque riverside town in North Devon are bracing themselves for the upcoming Easter holidays, fearing these destructive schoolboys and girls will run riot through the High Street and harass local traders. When The Sun visited this week, distressed locals told how vandalism, brazen drugdealing and using on the streets and a homeless community taunted by abusive youths are among the list of woes they regularly endure. In the local park, where streetsleepers have pitched tents in the bushes, a man complained hed recently had his slashed by a heartless lout. One shopowner, who did not want to be named for fear of reprisals, told how their store windows have been smashed frequently. Theres a huge problem with antisocial behaviour in Barnstaple, its gone right downhill in the past couple