I JUST want the faceless thug who found it necessary to run a sharp object all around my son's car on Thursday evening on Wilkinsons car park to be aware that you have plunged both my son and my six-year-old daughter into dark despair as to why you did this.

Yes my six-year-old daughter has been affected by your mindless prank. On hearing about the damage to her brother's car, she offered all of her pocket money and her best blue crayon to cover the scratches. Though when she saw the magnitude of the scratches, she remarked that she may not have enough blue crayon.

My son is studying at university. His car is his pride and joy, bought by himself, with money from part time work when he is not studying. You see, we don't get handouts, we work hard for our possessions and this is the motto we have brought our children up to live by.

So if you read this and you are responsible for the damage to a blue Peugeot 306, I hope one day your life will be affected by criminal damage brought about by one of your kind. I hope also you are haunted by the sight of this car around St Helens as we can't afford to repair this immediately although I doubt you have any conscience.

I hope throughout life you get what you deserve and you probably will.

AN Angry Mum, Ruskin Drive (name and address supplied)