Family is living in 'constant' terror after their neighbour is caught smashing their car's windows with a BIKE LOCK on CCTV

  • Dean Lally was recorded pacing around the vehicle and smashing the windows 
  • Victim Dennis Johnson watched on in terror as the thug attacked his Citroën
  • Lally, 36, walked free from court after pleading guilty to criminal damage  

This shocking video footage shows an angry thug smashing the windows of his neighbours' family car following a long-running row and causing £6,000 damage.

Thug Dean Lally, 36, can be seen walking around the vehicle and repeatedly striking the windows with a bike lock until they break - as the frightened family look on in horror through the CCTV system in their home.

After shattering most of the windows, he can be seen throwing the 'D-lock' across their front lawn while mouthing verbal abuse at the camera and gesturing aggressively with his arms.

Dennis Johnson, 54, had installed a CCTV system at his home on the same day that neighbour Lally put through the widows of his 2017 Citroën C4 Grand Picasso, valued at £30,000.

Thug Dean Lally, 36, can be seen walking around the vehicle and repeatedly striking the windows with a bike lock until they break - as the frightened family look on in horror through the CCTV system in their home

After shattering most of the windows, he can be seen throwing the 'D-lock' across their front lawn while mouthing verbal abuse at the camera and gesturing aggressively with his arms.

After shattering most of the windows, he can be seen throwing the 'D-lock' across their front lawn while mouthing verbal abuse at the camera and gesturing aggressively with his arms.

Police arrested Lally, of Wigan, Lancashire, at the scene and he was charged with causing criminal damage to the vehicle.

He pleaded guilty to the offence when he appeared before Wigan and Leigh Magistrates Court.

Lally was given a 12-month community order with 100 hours' community service and he was also ordered to pay £500 in compensation to Mr Johnson.

However, magistrates resisted an application for a restraining order to be made in the case, it has been confirmed.

Speaking after the court case, father-of-four Dennis, who is disabled and suffers from Spondylosis affecting the discs in his back said he and Mr Lally had fallen out in the months leading up to the incident.

Lally was given a 12-month community order with 100 hours' community service and he was also ordered to pay £500 in compensation to Dennis

This had eventually escalated to abuse being hurled in both directions on a number of occasions, he admitted, but he was shocked by what he witnessed.

He said: 'I was speechless.

'It was after midnight and my 11-year-old daughter came down the stairs saying 'Dean's outside smashing the car up.

'I couldn't believe she was witnessing it - he was screaming abuse at the house.

'My six-year-old lad was really upset - he thought he was watching a horror film.'

Although Lally has been prosecuted for the attack, Dennis now lives in constant anxiety that he will attack his home again.

He said: 'I don't feel like I've been protected.

'I don't want him jailed but he is living next door and he could do something like this again.'

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