A few hours after returning from his son's funeral, Job broke a window in the family home.
His Robert, son of Stella and Carl Hattersley, drowned in the Tyne River during last month's heat wave.Reported by ChronicleLive.
13-year-old faced difficulties while swimming with her friends in a river near Ovingham, Northumberland.
He was caught in a strong current and was pronounced dead after his body was found by rescuers hours later.
Robert, who lived with his parents at Crooklook, Gateshead, was the youngest of five children.
On Monday, his grief-stricken family bid him a final farewell at his funeral at the village Holy Spirit Church.
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Early the next morning, his parents were awoken by loud noises in the house. I noticed that his three of the windows were broken. Broken.
Living room windows, bedroom windows and door windows were all broken and bricks were found in the house.
Robert's girlfriend, one of his four sisters, was in the bedroom when the window was broken.
Her 18-year-old Karly Maltaz injured her leg after being hit by a glass shard.
Robert's eldest sister, Emma, said she didn't understand why someone would target her home.
She said: "On the day of Robert's funeral, we were celebrating his life as he wanted.
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"They were happy with everything they did for Robbie. Everything turned out amazing for him. We all had a few drinks and then went home.
The house was vandalized by four people:
"One was driving a car, while the other three opened windows and doors.
I also crashed a car next to my mother's house. Carly was injured in the incident. Her bricks didn't hit her, but her glass did.
Robert's family reported the incident to the police, who were present at 3:00 am.
The
family, who visited their property at 5:00 a.m. by City Council officials, hope that the perpetrators who targeted their home will be caught and punished.
Emma also sent a message to those trying to find out the cause.
She said: ``Think twice before doing such a disgusting thing. }
A spokesman for the Northumbria Police said they received reports of a brick being thrown through a window in Crooklook shortly afterwards. At 1 a.m. on Tuesday
they said: “The shattered glass impact reportedly left the woman with multiple lacerations and also damaged a car parked nearby.
“The resident was being supported by police and CCTV in the area is being investigated.An investigation into the incident is ongoing."
Emma urged anyone with information to contact the police.
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