Quiet village ‘terrorised’ by anonymous letters over the past two years

‘Personal, obscene and targeted’ letters are being sent retired to make a ‘village of poison’, residents say.

Horrible anonymous letters are being posted to radical surviving successful Shiptonthorpe, North Yorkshire, successful a run that has lasted 2 years.

Police are alert but truthful acold the writer has not been found, and the letters stay a large taxable of intrigue successful the section Facebook group.

One missive tells its recipient, whose location had been damaged by floods, that the writer hopes for ‘lots of rain truthful your location tin beryllium flooded again and again’ and ‘you are washed distant ne'er to beryllium seen again’.

Another idiosyncratic is told ‘everyone agrees you should rot successful hell’ and ‘hope crab finds you precise soon’.

The letters are printed connected achromatic insubstantial and delivered successful modular achromatic envelopes.

Writing connected a Facebook radical for section residents, 1 antheral wrote: ‘I excessively person received a nasty missive precocious which was disgusting.

‘It was reported to the police. At immoderate constituent the constabulary mightiness really find retired who is down the hatred successful Shiptonthorpe and thinks they person the close to determine who lives successful the village.’

The lawsuit has similarities to the existent communicative down Wicked Little Liars, the foul-mouthed movie starring Olivia Colman, successful which anonymous poison pen letters were sent retired successful Littlehampton successful Sussex successful the 1920s.

Facebook idiosyncratic Barry Stockdale posted past week claiming helium calculates that ‘the constabulary person received astatine slightest a twelve complaints with 1 idiosyncratic reporting astatine slightest 4 letters’.

Giving immoderate inheritance to the issue, helium said that the archetypal letters were sent retired to section councillors successful 2022 and person grown successful fig since then.

He said helium had asked constabulary what was being done astir it and they told him they had received reports and asked anyone with accusation astir it to telephone them connected the non-emergency 101 line.

Humberside Police confirmed to the BBC it had investigated immoderate of the letters, saying of one: ‘Inquiries were carried retired astatine the time, including reviewing CCTV.

‘However, the contented of the alleged missive was unavailable and subsequently nary further investigative opportunities were capable to beryllium obtained.’

Regarding different letter, they told the broadcaster: ‘Officers reviewed the letter, nevertheless the contented was not recovered to incorporate immoderate assertive connection and it was established that nary transgression offences had been committed.’

One nonmigratory called Jason told the BBC that the letters had had a toxic effect connected the tiny community: ‘It is simply a fantastic colony with fantastic people, but idiosyncratic has brought poison to this village.’

‘In my sentiment I judge this constitutes a hatred crime.’

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