This is Gloucestershire reports:
WHEN teenager Joe Harris was viciously mugged by a hooded gang he elected to take on the establishment.
The 17-year-old was battered to the ground and threatened with death in a Cirencester alley.
So he personally challenged Cotswold District Council to accept there was a problem with “random violent attacks” in the town.
As a follow up he’s decide to run for both the district council and the local town council, saying:
I was able to pose a question to the full council but I felt they didn’t really answer it.
It was almost as if they slapped me away with the back of the hand and said ‘you’re not important’ and they had their own agenda.
You can read the full story here.
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