"If it's not bolted down it goes walkies": The Manchester estate rocked by thieves and fires
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPolice say they have increased patrols on a Chorlton estate following complaints of anti-social behaviour. From fires on the playing fields night after night, to homes being egged and bins being stolen, residents on the Merseybank Estate say they have been terrorised for months.
It's claimed that the problems got worse in December, with one resident telling the Manchester Evening News he'd had to call police three times a week to the estate, which borders Princess Parkway and the River Mersey. Read more:Warning issued about worrying new technique used by burglars to break into homes “There were a few incidents over October and November, I think that’s when the playground got torched," Nicholas Saunders said. “Things just kind of escalated and deteriorated from there. “There was a point in December when every night or almost every night, you would be seeing fires out on the riverside or out on the fields. “Neighbours and residents were having their bins taken, things taken from their gardens, anything that wasn’t bolted down was going walkies every night. “Depending on the severity of the fires, people were contacting 101. "People were contacting 999 when there’s an actual fire going on or when people saw theft with a need for immediate intervention.” Nicholas says he called the police four times between December 18 and January 6, and has been confronted with more incidents since then. “Even last night, at around half eleven at night there were still young kids out on the riverside, drinking, smoking cannabis," he said. “There was one night, I think it was Christmas Eve or possibly the night before, where the fire brigade and police were out.
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