A TERRIFIED family were under siege in their home when baby-faced trick or treaters hurled bricks at their windows.

Derek Morris said the swearing 10-strong gang came back four times to intimidate his family after they refused to take part in the Halloween custom.

Mr Morris claimed the police were "too busy" to help them as the schoolboy gang harassed them at their Warndon home.

"The children were under the age of 14, I believe the youngest was aged nine or 10," said the 50-year-old. "We had a sign up saying 'Please no trick or treaters' and these youngsters weren't dressed in Halloween costume.

"They banged on the door loudly, but I told them to go away.

"Minutes later, they came back and started throwing handfuls of bricks at the windows and at next door's windows."

Mr Morris, who has two daughters, Michelle, aged 19 and Stephanie, 15, said after the first onslaught, the youngsters came back time and time again.

"My wife Catherine and Michelle were in at the time and they were petrified," he said.

"Bricks were hitting our windows one after another. How the windows didn't break I don't know."

Mr Morris, who recently retired from Severn Trent Water as a distribution inspector, said the youngsters kept walking between the Cranham Drive shops and his Windermere Drive home.

"It went on for about three hours," he said.

"One got hold of the wing mirror of my car. He was either leaning on my mirror or trying to break it.

"We were under siege and we couldn't do anything about it.

"I've lived here for 16 years and it's getting worse - it's got really bad over the past two or three years.

"We've had kids throwing eggs at our windows in the past and our daughters don't go out at night because it's so bad.

"Warndon's turning into a war zone."

A spokeswoman for West Mercia Constabulary said officers first spoke to Mr Morris at 7.54pm.

"During the course of the evening, the resident spoke to the police on a further two occasions," she said.

"At the times of the calls, the police were told no damage had been caused and the children had gone.

"In line with West Mercia's guidelines, an officer was not deployed, the resident was given advice and the local officer made aware of the call. They are investigating."