She pointed out a house across the road which was all boarded up and explained that the dwelling was actually occupied and the man inside was - and she lowered her voice in kindly fashion - 'a little bit simple'.
She went on to explain that local yobs had terrorised him; smashed his windows; persecuted him mercilessly. All attempts for him to get help from the authorities had failed.
I could have cried. What have we become? What are the parents of these young toerags doing - or do they encourage them to behave in the way they do?
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