A PENSIONER has been left “petrified” by a heartless gang of youths who have subjected her to a campaign of harassment.

Teenagers have waited until it’s dark before chapping Margaret Glaister’s door and throwing eggs at her house.

The 94-year-old great-grandmother moved to Erskine four decades ago for a quiet life but has ended up suffering panic attacks.

Her granddaughter, Lindsay Turnbull, told The Gazette: “When it started last year, they turned over her wheelie bin and she is too old to turn it back over. Then they started chapping her window and looking through her letterbox.

“It started up again a few weeks ago – chapping her door, running away and then chapping it again and chapping the window. They are throwing things at her house too.

“My uncle lives with her and they are doing it when he is not in.

“She feels like they are out to get her, so she’s hiding upstairs all of the time. It’s just so sad, she doesn’t deserve this. She is petrified in her own home. That is not right for a wee lady of her age.

“Other people have been saying on Facebook that they have seen a crowd of boys and they are having hassle as well.

“It seems to be that these boys are going round that street and maybe a couple of other streets doing this.”

Margaret, who is a mother of four sons and has eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren, worked as a cleaner at Arnold Clark and at Park Mains High School before retiring.

Until recently, she enjoyed a peaceful life in Erskine but pharmacy technician Lindsay says she is now a shadow of her former self.

Lindsay, 41, added: “She was always such a confident lady – so independent, so strong and always out and about. Now she’s not.

“I’d never seen my gran frightened before but now she’s like a frightened, frail old lady. It’s horrifying to see.

“A lot of older people stay there and it’s not fair on anybody that lives in that area.”

As reported in The Gazette last month, police have been staging extra patrols in the area after receiving reports of youths causing trouble.

A spokesman said: “We are looking for the assistance of the public in identifying these youths. I would ask that parents know where their children are and are not allowing them to just run about Erskine.

“If anyone has any information about the identity of those responsible, please contact us on 101.”