Thetford residents remain on edge after days of ‘mob rule’ over asylum plans

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A smashed window pane and some broken eggshells on a footpath were some of the tell-tale signs of events that took place this week on a residential street at the edge of Thetford. On Friday afternoon it was not hard to find local people with a sense of foreboding after the latest disorder in the Norfolk market town which has seen crowds attempt to break into properties believed to be housing asylum seekers. “The main concern is safety, the proximity of children and that people just have not been consulted about this,” said Jenny Hollis, a former councillor, who indicated the proximity of a local school and nursery to a…

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