Originally Posted by elfin

some people will never have the chance to leave this god awful place.
Love Elfin x

Originally Posted by ub40fan

Oh Shazza

What a truly awful thing to happen to you. I cannot put into words how disgusted I feel at what has happened to you, and unfortunately it seems so widespread in this country.

The scumbags know that the police don't have the powers they need nor do the school teachers to stop things like this happening. And that is all down to the do-gooders and the politically correct brigade.

I hope your husband recovers from his injuries quickly, and I hope that the police can take the action you need them to. Hopefully if the boy sees that the dad is prosecuted for his actions then he may think twice about what he is doing. I don't hold out a lot of hope though.

Hope the move to Oz comes sooner rather than later for you, and you can go on to better things and put this crappy stuff behind you all.

Shirley

Originally Posted by chattyshazza

Well, if I had any doubts about leaving England, today has finally laid those doubts to rest.
These are personal reasons so please don't feel the need to tell me that this goes on in Australia too, I know this could happen anywhere but it happened to us in England.
It is now 5am and don't think I will be able to sleep until my body gives up later on today.
My daughter has been bullied relentlessly by a group of 14yr old boys at school for just over a year now, mostly name calling but she has also had stones thrown at her and dirty drain water poured over her head and food rubbed into her eyes. The school have tried to intervene and stop them but seem to have their hands tied.
She ventured to the local village Fete today. She phoned me after one hour crying and asking me to come and pick her up, yep the group were there and were up to their usual nasty tricks, name calling, telling other boys that she doesn't even know to go and hit her, and the ring leader rode his bike into her and kicked her. Sadly but understandably her friends do not intervene, because whilst its her they pick on... you know the rest.
My husband came home from his late shift at 8pm and when he heard what had happened decided enough is enough and drove to the ring leaders house to speak to his father, thinking that they would be like us if our son was bullying a girl (horrified :mad: ) WRONG...... They had a house full of rowdy drunk people and rather than discuss it with my husband, the father and around another 10 men + teenage boys jumped on my husband and got him on the ground and proceeded to kick him and kick him and kick him, mostly in the head and whilst they were doing this the teenage boys and other men kicked our car and smashed our car lights.
I have spent 6 hours at the hospital with my husband who is now home and in bed. I cannot look at him without wanting to cry. His face is swollen like a football and black and blue, one eye has completely closed up and he can hardly walk. The doctor could not believe that the xray showed no fractures as he actually has 2 clear stamp marks on his head along with the bruises. I am sure if my husband had been a smaller man I would not have him home with me now and that he would be lying on a slab in a mortuary.
We also came home to messages that they are coming round to finish him off tonight or tomorrow.
Finish him off?? He hasn't even bloody done anything wrong, he just wanted to ask the parents to stop their son bullying our daughter. I just cannot see how total strangers can kick someone that they don't even know in the head repeatedly, how can people feel that hate and aggression for absolutely no reason.
I cannot tell my husband that I don't feel safe going to bed, this would upset him more but these are the kind of people that wont drop it because I called the police. The ring leaders father is now in a police cell charged with G.B.H and C.I.D have said that they will arrest all the others too but I am not so sure as we don't know any of their names or addresses and obviously before the police arrived at the scene they had all disappeared.
I am so sorry to ramble on and hope I haven't bored anyone that reads it but I am just so upset I had to write it all down.
Please Please, let our house sale go through quickly and smoothly!

Originally Posted by chattyshazza

I just don't know what to say. I am so overwhelmed by all the replies. I have made my daughter read them and I have some of them out to my husband, and we are all very moved by them. As I said earlier yes we are all strangers but for strangers to take time to send such kind words and wishes begins to restore our faith in human kind.
We are here still in our home at the moment, think we will see how we feel in a few days time though, the police have reassured us that there are always cars nearby and that if we dialled 999 they would be here within minutes, it sounds ok in the light of day but not sure how I will feel tonight. My husband is adamant that we will not be hounded out of our home.
My beautiful brave daughter who has never once answered these bullies back is determined to go to school tomorrow against mine and my husbands wishes, the police have told her that they will be sending an officer into the school tomorrow and she feels that she should hold her head up high and that she has nothing to be ashamed of. I am immensely proud of her way of thinking but think it would just about break my nervous system to drop her off at that place just one more day.
The police have informed us that they have 2 in custody and are looking for one other that is well know to them, but they are the only names they have managed to gain from witnesses so looks like the rest will get away with it.
Once again thank you for your replies, I would love to reply to each and every one individually but just haven't got the energy as I have yet to sleep.

Sharon & Family
xx