I was frightened and distressed by the behaviour of individuals I assume were trick-or-treaters on the evening of October 31.

As a middle-aged woman living alone, I do not answer the doorbell after dark unless I am expecting a visitor.

I stuck a piece of paper on my front door saying "no trick-or-treaters" in order to try to avoid hassle.

Twice over the evening, objects were thrown at my front window.

I became apprehensive about what else might happen and decided to call the police, who told me local patrols would be informed.

Is there such a thing? I do not believe the police make any effort to control such behaviour on the streets.

The whole business of trick or treat seems to me to be a disastrous import from the USA.

To my mind it is threatening behaviour amounting to blackmail and it astonishes me people see it as harmless fun.

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