A woman who uses a mobility scooter to get around informed a meeting last night that two secondary school pupils had lit a banger and thrown it at the basket of her scooter as she was driving it through the park, with the aim of having it explode in the basket: inches away from her.

This really makes me sick, but what's the answer? The police can't be everywhere at once and I'm not convinced the City Council's campaign to take back the parks will be successful.

I have a better idea though: people power. Whenever a couple of pathetic little kids are getting their kicks from terrorising a defenceless lady people should not be penalised (if anything they should be rewarded) if they walk up and punch the little bastards in the face.

Even if it doesn't teach them anything at least they'll spend a couple of hours off the streets in casualty.