Under siege: Parkview residents terrorised by roof-running kids
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RESIDENTS in Parkview are being terrorised by gangs of youths running across the roofs of their houses. And some fear they could actually fall through the asphalt covered roof tops, landing in someone's home. A recent clip posted on YouTube clearly shows three young boys running from roof to roof and giggling while an angry resident shouts at them to get down. Some of the houses in the estate, fronting onto the Boyne Rovers ground, have flat roofs, making them an easy target for youngsters who congregate in the area.
The clip, which lasts for over a minute, is called 'Public Disturbance in Drogheda: Crazy Drogheda People!' and clearly shows three young boys, possibly teenagers, running across the flat roofs of houses in Parkview.
A note under the footage from the person who has filmed the clip reads: 'I was just chillin' in the football field when I noticed these young lads running over the roofs of old peoples homes when a man goes absolutely crazy and attacks them.
'I had nothing to do with anyone on the roof, I only caught it on tape.'
Parkview resident Ann Burke said such incidents have taken place on more than one occasion and added it was easy for the youngsters to get up on the roof via the gable wall.
' We've got wires and everything across the roof, it's very dangerous,' she said.
'Apart from anything else, they could put their foot through it. I did report it to the gardaí at the time.'
She said the kids regularly play football against the gable end which can clearly be heard through the walls.
' You can hear the bangs of it, I don't know why they insist on playing against the wall when the football field is just across the road. They get up on the roof if the ball goes up there.
' There's a gang of about 12 of them from other estates who hang around here all the time.'
Neighbour Maureen Bannon said:' The roofs are only made of asphalt so they could have come through it and a lot of them have velux windows which could easily have broken.'
- Fiona MAGENNIS
