A MOTHER battling cancer says both she and her children are being terrorised by the same gang believed to be responsible for vandalising a Medway school.

Jill Jarvis, of Glamis Close, Walderslade, Chatham, says she is fed up with the continued attacks on her house.

She said: "I feel like I'm under siege in my own home and it has to be stopped. What is it going to take before something is done? This group is very menacing."

The latest incident took place two weeks ago when a gang of yobs attacked Mrs Jarvis' house while her two sons were home alone.

Shortly after going to bed, seven-year-old Harry, who was being looked after by his older brother Christopher, 17, was woken by a loud noise.

Harry said: "They threw a bottle and eggs at our house. I heard a big smash and I panicked. I was afraid to go back to sleep and I am afraid of those kids."

A spokesperson for Medway police confirmed that they had been called to the house shortly before 9pm. She said: "It's one of the areas Medway police is looking at to further our crime prevention methods."

Mrs Jarvis, 47, who preferred not to talk about her illness, says she is at the end of her tether. "I am an ordinary mum and just want to keep myself to myself and be left in peace. I want to come through my door and enjoy my life and this has been taken away from me by a group of young vandals.

"We have had eggs thrown at the house, bottles and apples and taken a lot of verbal abuse and the kids who are doing this to us don't even know me."

Mrs Jarvis has tried to speak to the youngsters' parents but got nowhere. She is convinced the group is also responsible for the problems at nearby Maundene School in Swallow Rise.

Mums living nearby took the situation into their own hands and threw the alcopop-drinking teenagers off the grounds,but not before they had managed to smash windows, air vents and fencing.

A spokesman for Medway Council said: "This is now a matter for the police and we would not say anything that could jeopardise any current or future investigation."

Norman Cutting, head teacher at Maundene School, was unavailable for comment.