Inverness family terrified over stones thrown at home

A Highland family, including an autistic boy and an epileptic man, are urging for an end to a two year ordeal of stones being thrown at their home.

Autistic eight-year-old Tyler Macmillan, from Inverness, is allegedly being kept awake at night by youngsters who are hitting the windows.

The problem got worse after his Dad, Allan, asked them to stop two weeks ago.

Since then, the family say Tyler's bedroom window is being targeted and are terrified Allan will have a life threatening epileptic seizure.

Auntie and sister-in-law Gemma McPhee says the Kessock Court family are "stressed to the max."

She said: "For over two years, there's been kids throwing stones at the windows. The previous tenants said to my sister this had happened to them too.

"When they got cameras in, so they could tell who was doing it, my brother in law went out and spoke to them and said: 'my son's autistic and is trying to sleep.'

"That's when they started banging on my nephew's window and throwing stones.

"It's been getting worse and targeting my nephew specifically over the last two weeks.

"We understand kids will be kids, but they're not from this area, they just come here to be little brats.

"When they throw stones and bang, he gets scared it's going to smash and something is going to come through leaving him covered in glass. He's always uneasy at bedtime."

Gemma also explained why they're worried Allan will have another seizure.

"Stress is the main trigger of his epilepsy.

"The last time he had a seizure he was in hospital with a tube down his throat, he almost died. It was really scary.

"Over the past week, we've noticed the colour in him change. We think he's ready to have a seizure any day now, all the signs are there so we're keeping a very close eye on him.

"Because of kids being immature, it's affecting my nephew who is autistic and it could kill my brother-in-law."

Due to the problem worsening in recent weeks, the family decided to get the police involved.

Police Scotland say they are looking into the matter.

A spokesman said: "We can confirm that reports were received around 8.55pm on Saturday, 10 October and again at 8.20pm on Sunday, 11 October of damage caused to the window of a property on Kessock Court in Inverness.

"Enquiries into the incidents are ongoing."