A mother and father have lashed out at the criticism they received for leaving their teenager daughter home alone for a few days – resulting in the family home being trashed by uninvited party guests.
The Sydney-based parents went on a holiday over the new year period and allowed their 16-year-old to remain at their Kings Langley house.
The girl decided to have friends over on Tuesday night, before an outside group of teenagers caught wind of the free house and gatecrashed the gathering on Ashcott Street.
The ensuing scenes saw arrests, a policeman requiring surgery, destroyed property and a young girl being punched in the face, but the parents say it was their daughter who ‘went behind their back’ by having friends over in the first place.
The Sydney-based parents went on a holiday over the new year period and allowed their 16-year-old to remain at their Kings Langley house
The ensuing scenes saw arrests, a policeman requiring surgery, destroyed property and a young girl being punched in the face
Neighbours initially attacked the parents for their decision to allow such an incident to occur, saying the 16-year-old girl was too young to be left alone.
They say as many as 15 destructive youths reaped havoc on the quiet street, causing violent and ‘cowardly’ injuries.
‘Very much out of control, guys running up and down the street, damaging property, throwing things in our pool,’ one local resident said.
However, the teenager’s parents labelled their reaction ‘disgraceful’ and said they have no right to tell them how to raise their children.
‘She’s gone behind our back within 10 hours of us leaving, she’s invited I don’t know how many, seven, eight, nine people over,’ the girl’s father told Seven.
‘Devastated, disappointed, angry, this is not what we expected from our children,’ her mother added.
‘We have the right to leave them for one or two days.’
The girl’s parents blamed their daughter for the incident, saying she ‘went behind their backs’ and labelled neighbours’ criticism as ‘disgraceful’
Damage on the street was visible, with mirrors missing from parked cars, smashed pot plants and ripped up letterboxes
CCTV footage captured by a neighbouring home shows the group of teenage boys fleeing the area as police arrived
Damage on the street was visible, with mirrors missing from parked cars, smashed pot plants and ripped up letterboxes.
CCTV footage captured by a neighbouring home shows the group of teenage boys fleeing the area as police arrived.
One officer tripped chasing after the group, badly damaging his finger which will require being operated on.
NSW Police told Daily Mail Australia a 16-year-old boy was arrested at a nearby location and charged with common assault after a 16-year-old girl was pushed to the ground and punched in the face.
He was granted conditional bail and will face a children’s court on January 29.
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