A business owner whose hair salon was pelted with eggs says those responsible could make the area “intimidating”.

April Norton runs the Ginger Hair and Beauty salon in Rose Street, Sheerness.

The 47-year-old, who has had the shop for nearly 20 years, says youths threw the eggs at the windows of the hairdresser’s in an unprovoked attack.

Although nobody was hurt and no damage was caused, Mrs Norton says the situation could have been a lot worse.

She explained: “It’s the first time something like this has happened in 19 years of me being here, so we’ve been quite lucky until now.

“They obviously think it’s just a case of messing around as they could see we were working at the time.

“Myself and the team saw them hanging around and staring outside the shop for some time.

“Someone in the salon then said they were getting a bit worried because they parked one of their scooters up against their car.

“That’s when they threw the eggs at the window and jumped on the scooter to run off.”

Mrs Norton believes the incident was a “one-off” although remains concerned given the nights are drawing in.

“Although it could have been worse, it has still been inconvenient and obviously funny for them,” she added.

“It doesn’t scare me what they have done, but of course it’s getting darker now and that can be intimidating.

“What’s concerning is that they did it so brazenly and without any hesitation.

“Obviously I hope they were just messing around and it was a one-off.

“I’ve been informed that one of the boys responsible was supposedly meant to apologise, but that hasn’t happened either.”

The incident happened just five weeks after a cancer patient was forced to miss a hospital appointment for a bladder cancer screening after his car was vandalised.

Keith Larking, 64, had previously tackled youngsters using catapults to target property and animals, and, in act of revenge, saw his car trashed by yobs.

Consistent cases of anti-social behaviour have now forced Swale council to carry out a number of consultations in a bid to clamp down on the problem.

Residents of Sheerness and Leysdown, as well as Faversham and Sittingbourne, are being asked to give their thoughts on Public Space Protection Orders, which could give police more powers to deal with trouble makers.