I found the report on the "Get Out" banished tearaways after a "trail of misery" (August 2) quite moving and, dare I say, a lot more balanced than some of your crime reports.

I am very glad the shop workers and the residents affected by the two lads are getting some well-deserved support.

I hope the two lads really do take more personal responsibility for their behaviour and I wish them well in changing their attention seeking and damaging behaviour.

-Councillor Susan Joy, Kings House, Hove