A MAN who took matters into his own hands after yobs plagued his village now has to pay THEM compensation.Former window cleaner Wayne Mann "lost it" after teenagers tore round on bikes near waste ground at 11pm.

A MAN who took matters into his own hands after yobs plagued his village now has to pay THEM compensation.

Former window cleaner Wayne Mann "lost it" after teenagers tore round on bikes near waste ground at 11pm.

After one of the youths rode straight at him Mann picked up a branch and hit four of the group, a court heard.

Mann, of Watson Way, Alderton, admitted assaulting the youngsters and damaging two bikes.

After the case he told The Evening Star: "I shouldn't have done what I did but people are fed up with yobbish behaviour."

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