Police hit out over sickening TikTok craze after 90-year-old Pendle woman's door is 'booted in'

By Faiza Afzaal
Published 29th Oct 2021, 08:59 BST
Updated 29th Oct 2021, 09:00 BST
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Police have issued a stark warning about a dangerous new TikTok trend where youths are filming themselves as they smash in people's front doors and then scarper.

The warning follows an incident yesterday evening (Thursday) after a 90-year-old Barrowford woman was left "absolutely frightened" after her door was 'booted in' by a group of mindless youths.

Police are urging parents to keep an eye on their children and check what they are uploading to social media.

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A spokesman for Nelson, Brierfield and Barrowford Police said: "It has come to our attention that there is a new trend going around on TikTok involving youths kicking doors to the sound of a tune.

The damage caused to the door kicked inThe damage caused to the door kicked in
The damage caused to the door kicked in

"I think a lot of people can say that at some point in their childhood they played 'knock a door run', however, this is on a whole different level where youths are booting doors with so much force that it's causing significant damage whilst videoing themselves doing it.

"Earlier tonight we attended a 90-year-old vulnerable lady's house, living by herself in Barrowford. She has had her door booted so hard it's caused a big crack, this has absolutely frightened her.

"Please keep a check on your children, check what sort of content they are uploading onto platforms such as TikTok and snapchat etc."