THIS is the shocking moment a gang of masked thugs smashed up a family’s car and front windows in the latest example of lawless Britain.
The 30 second rampage caused an estimated £16,000 worth of damage – with the family BMW all but written off during the attack.
The thugs smashed the family car and the front windows with baseball bats[/caption]
Gurpreet’s parents were trapped in their house terrified[/caption]
CCTV footage showed six masked men armed with baseball bats pulling up outside the semi-detached property in north Leicester, at 9.20pm on October 4.
They pile out of their silver Vauxhall Zafira getaway car before laying into the car – parked on the driveway – and the house’s front windows, using what appear to be baseball bats or machetes.
The thugs all wore balaclavas and surgical gloves.
Gurpreet Singh, 23, was at his part-time security job when the gang struck. He told The Sun: “My parents, who are aged 54 and 51, were inside the house on their own.
“They were shaken up by what happened.
” My mum suffered a panic attack and my dad phoned for an ambulance – although both were unharmed.”
The gang were in-and-out in just 30 seconds. The attack stopped only when the driver of the getaway car sounded the horn.
Gurpreet said: “My windows were shattered.
“My car was destroyed. gy
“I’m the only son so I have to look after my parents.
“I wasn’t able to go to university this morning because I was so worried I would be stopped and attacked again.”
Gurpreet is studying accounting and finance at De Montfort University.
He said: “I’m a third year student and I can’t focus on my studies with all this stress in my brain.
“I have exams coming up in a month.”
Gurpreet says this is the first time an incident like this has happened in his area since he and his family moved there in 2018.
He says that his uncle, who lives opposite him, is now afraid to leave his house after witnessing the incident.
The attack is likely linked to an earlier confrontation on August 28, when two men were caught on CCTV asking after Gurpreet, who is known locally as “Preet.”
Gurpreet says that he knows some of the attackers personally, having met them in April of 2022 as fellow students at Leicester College where Gurpreet was studying business studies.
In February of 2023, Gurpreet says two of the attackers began sending him threats online and over the phone.
He said: “They kept sending me DMs (on Instagram) and calling me saying they were gonna shoot me.
“They said they were gonna break my legs.
“They said they were gonna hurt my parents.”
Leicestershire police have yet to make any arrests related to the incident.
The gang caused an estimated £16,000 of damage[/caption]
Gupreet’s mother had a panic attack whilst the thugs attacked her home with machetes[/caption]
