Article: HOSTAGE OF THE HOODIES; OAP Adelaide lives in terror as gangs besiege her home.(News)

Byline: By RACHAEL BLETCHLY and CAROL STAPLES

ADELAIDE Harper peers nervously through her living room window and scans the street.

Satisfied there's nobody there she perches on the edge of her sofa, clasps her trembling hands and tries to relax - but fails miserably.

For even in her own home Adelaide, 65, is a victim of the HOODIES - the swaggering gangs of lawless teenagers who plague Britain.

Hoodies - so-called because of the hooded sweatshirts they wear to mask their identity - have turned ex-teacher Adelaide's dream retirement home ...

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