THIS is the terrifying moment masked yobs smashed up a mum's car with baseball bats and threatened to kill her family. Claire MacDonald said she is ...living in terror... after the trio of thugs targeted her home in a brutal midnight attack in Beith, Ayrshire.
Masked thugs attacked Claire's car while her children slept upstairs 
CLAIRE MACDONALD / THE SCOTTISH SUNThe wing mirror in the car was left completely broken and all the car windows were smashed in the attack '/ ' 
CLAIRE MACDONALD / THE SCOTTISH SUNClaire came out to find her car dented and the inside covered in glass after it was smashed with baseball bats '/ ' Shocking CCTV footage caught the chilling ordeal on camera, as the armed culprits approached her St Inans Drive property around 12.15am on Saturday. Claire, 41, and her two sleeping children were inside at the time. The brave mum feared the thugs would try to get inside the house, so rushed outside to confront them. She told the Scottish Sun Online: ...They smashed my car to smithereens. ...My two children were upstairs asleep in bed and they attacked the front door, hitting it with a bat and hit my front window. ...I was scared they were going to come into the house when my kids were in their bed, so I went outside and started screaming to try and, not scare them off, but divert them. Most read in The Sun DALES RACE PROBE Emmerdale rocked by race probe involving two of ITV soap's leading stars 'TOTAL SHOCK' Jorgie Porter reveals heartbreak at miscarrying quads at 14 weeks IT'S OL OVER Solskjaer has managed FINAL GAME for Man Utd & will be sacked after Watford SHORELY NOT I used benefits to pay for my cosmetic surgery - I'm too famous to have a job WINTER OF DISCONTENT Europe Covid epicentre faces lockdown in DAYS - how does UK compare? ALL GROWN UP Britain's Got Talent star George Sampson unrecognisable 13 years after show ...The men kept saying they'd kill us and that my husband was a dead man. ...I screamed and screamed and eventually they went away. Cops took 25 minutes to attend.... Cops confirmed they have launched a probe into the incident. But mum-of-two Claire said the horrific events have left her feeling like she is ...living in a horror movie... and has said her two kids, aged nine and ten, are too afraid to be in the house. The family fled to Claire's sister's house for a ...safe sleep... but have since returned to their own home. She added: ...My kids are terrified and I feel like a bad mother because I can't protect them. ...I feel like I'm living someone else's life. Like I'm in a horror movie and reading out the script. ...TRAUMATISED' It is the latest ambush in a series of attacks faced by the family, who moved to Beith eight years ago. Claire told the Scottish Sun: ...I'm traumatised \- I've been living in terror for years. ...I feel completely victimised and abused by people in the area. ...You stand up for yourself and they just push, push, push and it's been going on for three years now. ...I'm sick of getting no help from anyone.... She added: ...Last Saturday the same group of men threw acid all over my husband's car and it was in the garage for a week getting fixed. It needed a full re-spray. Shocking moment drug dealer tries to kill cop by mowing him down in Glasgow's west end ...Nothing has been acted on and we've had no police follow up. ...I'm hoping if I come forward and tell my story it might encourage witnesses to come forward anonymously or something to help me get justice for my family before something else happens. ...I'm still in a state of shock.... A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: ...Police were called around 12.15am on Sunday, 14 November, 2021 following the report of a car being vandalised on St Inans Drive, Beith....Officers attended the scene and enquiries are currently ongoing to trace those responsible.... 
CLAIRE MACDONALD / THE SCOTTISH SUNThe car was in the driveway of her home when the three masked men struck '/ ' We pay for your stories and videos! Do you have a story or video for The Scottish Sun? Email us at scottishsundigital@news.co.uk or call 0141 420 5300 Source:
