Pensioners living in a sheltered housing complex say their lives have been made hell by a knock-a-door-run prankster who has been tormenting them for 15 YEARS.<br /><br />People living in Chelmsford Court in Worcester suffer nightly knocking up to four times a week.<br /><br />The mystery nuisance has been banging on the same residents' windows and doors for the last 15 years - but has yet to be caught.<br /><br />Residents are now fighting back and are in talks with sheltered housing bosses about installing CCTV cameras to catch the pesky knocker red handed.<br /><br />Retired postman Bryn Roberts, 75, started being targeted soon after moving into the complex in 2008.<br /><br />He said: "We don't know who it is, but it must be someone who is active in the winter.<br /><br />“I have been struggling to sleep for the past few weeks due to a hernia which hasn’t been made any easier having some twit bang on my windows.<br /><br />"It is a little disheartening because it happens at around 3.15am and you're not up at that time in the morning to check quickly enough. <br /><br />"Due to my hernia, I can only sleep on one side and it's difficult for me to get up."<br /><br />Another resident, who did not want to be named, said: “If it was a silly kid I could understand it but they must be an adult now.<br /><br />“We think it must be the same person because they bang on the same windows and doors and walls every time. <br /><br />“I tried staying up to catch them in the act but whoever it is comes at different times and on different nights so it’s very hard to predict.<br /><br />“I just wish we could catch the little bugger at it and teach him a thing or two about respect.”<br /><br />Councillor Patricia Agar, who represents the area, said: "This has been a long-standing problem, people are being victimised and someone is knocking on their doors and walls and then running away. <br /><br />"They're obviously very nimble because they are able to get away very quickly.<br /><br />"The residents don't know who it is and they're frightened and scared. <br /><br />"Residents go to Chelmsford Court because it is a sheltered and safe place.<br /><br />"It's sheltered accommodation that is being invaded all the time. <br /><br />"There are about four residents who are experiencing it."<br /><br />West Mercia Police have also vowed to investigate the prankster.<br /><br />A police spokesperson, said: "Once we have spoken to the rest of the team and established the facts we will be in a position to provide further comment.”<br /><br />A spokesperson from Platform Housing, which runs Chelmsford Court, said: "We're sorry to hear this is currently an issue for our residents.<br /><br />"This has been raised previously and our on-site team have explored various ways possible to help in both identifying the perpetrator and reassuring the residents.<br /><br />"Our residents' safety is of paramount importance and we will revisit this issue with them."
