Peace after estate feud

People living at Barrie Crescent, Southey, say that since Karen Dunn and her children decided to move away, peace and quiet has returned to the street.

Severely-ill Ms Dunn told The Star she was forced to leave her home after being plagued by a hate campaign which included death threats being posted through her letterbox and windows being smashed.

But neighbour Charlotte Stocks, aged 25, who has lived on the street for two years and works as a bank clerk, said: “What happened was an isolated occurrence and it’s now a normal street again.

“It’s a much nicer place and there’s no kids hanging about all the time.”

Ms Stocks said some of the youths who gathered outside Ms Dunn’s home upset other residents, too, throwing stones at cars and being a nuisance.

Ms Dunn, who suffers from the chronic muscle pain condition Fibromyalgia and chronic auto-immune disease Lupus, came to Sheffield from the south of England for a fresh start after suffering domestic violence.

The mum-of-three, who has to depend on a cocktail of drugs to keep control of her condition, left Sheffield to return to her home town near Worthing, on the south coast.

Police and housing management company Sheffield Homes said they believed local youths were responsible for the terror campaign against her and have obtained evidence against one boy and they are applying for an anti-social behaviour order to be imposed on him.