Boy, 13, convicted of racist abuse

The court heard how the mother-of-four installed CCTV cameras

A boy of 13 terrorised a mother-of-four by hurling racial abuse at her and menacingly standing and staring outside her home, a youth court heard.

The teenager - who cannot be named for legal reasons - denied a charge of racially-motivated harassment.

He was, however, convicted by magistrates who adjourned sentencing to consider imposing a supervision and a restraining order.

Tracey Evans, the court heard, had even gone as far as installing CCTV outside her family home in Penyffordd, near Mold.

But it did little to deter the youth who continued hanging around outside her home, standing and staring, even when he was facing his court appearance.

The court also heard that the victim was subjected to sustained abuse, called a number of racist names, and had eggs thrown at her home.

But the youth denied being responsible, at the time of the one of the incidents, he was on holiday, on another day he was in Barmouth with his family, and on a third occasion he replacing tiles on the roof of his family home.

But his claims were dismissed by magistrates.

They ordered that the boy should not approach Mrs Evans and ordered that he should not go within 100 yards of her home.

Chairman of the bench, Ivor Norbury said: "We believe Mrs Evans when she says that she and her family have suffered racial abuse from yourself and this has taken place in public places, that you have shouted threats and made gestures with your fingers."

The boy will be sentenced before Christmas.