YOBS have forced a woman to flee her home with her nine-year-old step-daughter.

Roseann Sloggett is now living in bed and breakfast and having to pay rent for both that and her council house.

She claims Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing has been slow to offer her another two-bedroom house well away from the troublemakers.

The 57-year-old lived with her step-daughter, Gemma Wilkinson, at a house on Ruskin Grove for the last year.

They were burgled last autumn and the thieves escaped with a large haul including a TV, computer, an organ, an MP3 music player and jewellery.

But life badly deteriorated for them after an incident involving two youngsters aged around 12 who live on the same street.

She said that on May 15 they threw stones at her window and cracked it.

Roseann phoned the police who confronted the youngsters nearby, but they denied having anything to do with it.

From there things escalated with the boys intimidating Roseann. She said stones were thrown at her door and windows on May 15 – and when she opened the door to see what was going on a stone was thrown at her, narrowly missing her head.

Again she reported this to police and was given a crime number.

But two days later her front room window was broken by a stone and she reported the attack to police. The window was boarded up for two weeks before it was replaced.

About a month ago she said a group of four people – two of them relatives of the boys – barged into her home and grabbed her daughter, leaving marks on her arm.

Around three days later in the early hours of the morning, Roseann’s garden fence and three bins were set on fire.

That was the last straw and she moved into bed and breakfast on June 20.

She said: “It’s just so unfair. I have to pay rent for the house plus the bed and breakfast. But it is so cramped there too and no toys for Gemma to play with. Everything is all packed up. It should be the families who are causing the trouble who should move out, not us.’’

In desperation she wrote to Huddersfield MP Barry Sheerman.

He investigated and replied: “There is an action plan in place to target the disorder and anti-social behaviour affecting you.

“Action is being pursued by West Yorkshire Police, Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing, Kirklees Anti-Social Behaviour Unit and other partner agencies.

“This initiative is designed to prevent anti-social behaviour to offer you support and to reduce such issues in the area surrounding your home.’’

He added: “Currently a survey is being commissioned into the most effective use of CCTV in the ward and plans will be made to replace or enhance the CCTV system in the area.’’

A spokeswoman for Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing said: “We are very sorry that Ms Sloggett has had these problems and that she is having to wait for another house. Unfortunately, far more people apply for houses than we have empty properties, but one should become available soon.

“We work closely with our colleagues in the police and Kirklees Antisocial Behaviour Unit to tackle neighbour nuisance and antisocial behaviour on our estates when we have evidence that identifies individuals.

“Unfortunately, there are no witnesses to some of the incidents Ms Sloggett describes and not everything has been reported to the police. However, we will continue to investigate her complaints and will take appropriate action.

“We have offered to pay to have Ms Sloggett’s furniture packed and stored so that she can end the tenancy on her house and stop paying rent on it, but she didn’t want to do this. We will be contacting her again to discuss this matter and other ways we can help her.’’