Man ‘assaulted’ by gang of teens

the tiles off. It’s really disappointing, because this is a nice area.

“It’s really just since lockdown started, they’re coming out, getting their hands on some drink and going down to the beach.

“After a few drinks they come back up here and carry out their antisocial behaviour.

“I have a young son who wants to kick a football about and he doesn’t feel safe going out.”

Monifieth Athletic Football Club has also had issues with vandalism and littering recently, slamming a minority of “idiots” causing issues in the area.

A post on the club’s Facebook page said: “As lockdown restrictions have eased over the last few weeks, we are delighted to have begun training again.

“Unfortunately the removal of restrictions has seen a rise in antisocial behaviour by groups of youths throughout Monifieth with instances of littering, vandalism and abusive behaviour.

“This is taking place in the village, the parks, the beach and at the pitches.

“Only today, there was more damage done to the fence at the pitches, after bottles were deliberately smashed on the pitches last week.

“This is undoing all the hard work put in by volunteers to make sure we had great facilities to use when we returned to training, not to mention the danger to anyone using the pitches and surrounding area.

“We know it is a minority of idiots who are destroying and damaging property and the incidents have been reported to the police.”