Irish Sunday Mirror

SUBO: I WILL NOT BE BEATEN BY BULLIES

Star breaks silence on gang torment

- BY JANINE YAQOOB Acting TV Editor

why would I let the bullies win?” Susan, who has Asperger syndrome, has endured months of abuse at the hands of the teenage yobs.

On one occasion the gang surrounded her at a bus stop before pelting her with anything to hand. The thugs have also set fire to paper and thrown it at her.

But Susan is not the only victim. Other locals in Blackburn, West Lothian, said the “disgusting” teens pick on anyone they see as vulnerable. Last night, Susan explained her decision not to go to the police. She said: “I do not condone this behaviour but I made the decision and asked my team to hold off from contacting the police straight away to give the kids involved the opportunit­y to see the error of their ways.

“I believe in second chances and my decision to not go to the police straight away was firstly to see whether the kids would pack it in – and also because I had been made aware the police had already responded in a letter to someone else that they couldn’t help as there was no CCTV.” Susan, who has sold 25 million records worldwide, still lives in the ex-council house she grew up in. She bought the property soon after finishing second on BGT in 2009. janine.yaqoob@ trinitymir­ror.com Front page last week

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