Snowball gang hunted over pensioner attack

A PENSIONER suffering from angina was kicked and stamped on after confronting a gang of snowball-throwing youths outside his home.

Duncan Rae, 79, was collecting coal from a bunker at his house at Inverurie when the group confronted him.

The four boys – understood to be in their early to mid-teens – allegedly threw a barrage of snowballs at his property before goading him to retaliate.

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