VOLUNTEERS with an Okehampton children?s group say threatening behaviour by youths is making their lives hell ? and has pushed them into taking action with the authorities. The 2nd Okehampton Brownies meet at their hut near the skate park at Brayhams Terrace on Monday nights ? but their meetings have turned into nightmares because of anti-social behaviour by some local teenagers. Gail Daddow, unit helper, said: ?This week, we found them on the roof of the brownie hut, trying to pull the roofing felt off. ?The hut?s got a big fence around it, so they had to climb over that before they could climb onto the hut. ?Four weeks ago, they were throwing stones at the windows, trying to break them, while we were inside with 25 eight and nine year olds. ?Every week we get verbal abuse ? it?s got so bad we can?t even take the girls outside on our own grass, they are calling them names, they?re swearing, laughing at them, taking the micky ? it?s a nightmare.? Gail said she reported the behaviour of the youngsters, who were all about 13 to 15 years old, to Okehampton Police. Gail said: ?We are just getting so fed up with it ? our leader, who is six months pregnant, has been reduced to tears because of the intimidation ? it?s happening every week and it?s got so much worse since they built the pavilion in the skatepark. There?s litter everywhere, they climb all over it ? it?s a group of boys with four or five girls egging them on.? Gail said the young brownies were frightened by the taunts and were particularly scared when the brownie hut windows were attacked. ?It was horrendous on that occasion, they were really upset,? she said. Gail said she did not believe the youngsters were from Brayhams and were not skaters. She said they were wearing Okehampton College sweatshirts ? she has been in contact with the college to complain about the behaviour of the students and is again contacting police. Acting Sgt Julian Roadknight said: ?Anti-social behaviour of this type is something we take very seriously. ?Whilst I can never promise resourcing on a particular day, it is certainly something we would be happy to consider and I would ask people to report issues as soon as they happen, so we can instruct our neighbourhood beat manager and new community support officer to investigate.? Daryl Chapman, vice-principal of Okehampton College said: ?This sort of behaviour is totally unacceptable and it?s very disappointing that a few youngsters give the majority a bad impression in this way. ?Hopefully, the police will respond to this ? we have a very good working relationship with the police and I will contact them myself to see if they can get down there on a Monday night.? Mr Chapman said anti-social behaviour was something the college took ?very seriously?, although there was a limit how far the school could be responsible when incidents took place well outside college hours.