Residents protest at Barnard Castle prison over Travellers intimidation claims - County Durham

From the Darlington and Stockport Times

RESIDENTS have protested outside a prison in a bid to make justice bosses remove Travellers, who they claim are intimidating them, from its land.

An estimated 44 caravans heading to Appleby Horse Fair have set up camp on Startforth Park, on the outskirts of Barnard Castle, next to Deerbolt Young Offender’s Institute.

Angry residents on Startforth Park estate, near the temporary site on land owned by the prison, say that the travellers have threatened them and blocked roads.

Fifteen residents from the Startforth Park Residents’ Association protested for two hours outside of Deerbolt today (Friday, May 30) to raise the issue with the prison authorities.

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