DOG dirt is being thrown at windows on a York housing estate by hoodie-wearing yobs.

The homes under attack are in Martin Cheeseman Court in Foxwood and the residents who have suffered include a recently-bereaved widow and a disabled pensioner in her 80s.

Mary Brough, 59, lives in one of the flats, moving in in November. Tragically her husband, Kenneth, died of a heart attack soon after.

She said that about once a month a group of children gather outside the flats and throw dog dirt at the windows.

She said: "It started well before I move in. There are railings with a dog bin and they stand there and swing the bags and hope they're going to burst on your windows and then they stand there laughing."

She said it's difficult to say how old the children are as they always wear hoodies but she estimates they range in ages from around ten to 14. "The old lady next door is 85 and she only has one leg and she just has to live with it."

She said everyone had to clean the mess off themselves and it was distressing for all concerned.

She said: "I can go and shout at them, but you just get a lot of fluffing and wuffing.

The police are supposed to walk around and do spot checks, but I've never seen anybody."

Mrs Brough has spoken to Coun Tracey Simpson-Laing about the problem - who is not the ward councillor - and Coun Simpson-Laing said she had asked a council officer to visit Mrs Brough and look at the possibility of relocating the dog dirt bin.

He has now been to look at the situation and has agreed the bin can be sited elsewhere in the local vicinity.

Coun Simpson-Laing said she did not know when that would happen, but it would be in the near future.

A spokesman for the police said people should not have to suffer anti-social behaviour of this kind and should report incidents to the police.

He said: "This type of behaviour is despicable and is completely antisocial.

"If people have complaints, they should report it and we will investigate."