jim reid--BBC NEWS -- Minister of Parliment pelted after confronting gang

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MP pelted after confronting gang
 
The MP said the youths were astonished to be approached
An MP is urging people to confront anti-social behaviour after a gang of youths pelted him with stones when he challenged them about their behaviour.
Tobias Ellwood, MP for Bournemouth East, confronted the group on the Townsend Estate, in his constituency, when they urinated in someone's garden.

He said the gang verbally abused him and threw stones at him when he threatened to call police.

He said more people should be prepared to tackle anti-social behaviour.

Mr Ellwood, a Conservative MP, told the BBC: "Unless more people come forward and try to prevent this sort of behaviour it will continue to grow.

"There is a generation growing up now that are not used to being challenged. Unless we do challenge them, then these sort of youths will be carrying knives in a couple of years...SOURCE