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Children scared rioters would break into house in Middlesborough

A family has told BBC Panorama how they were terrified rioters would break into their Middlesborough home after their front window was smashed in.

One of the rioters reached into their living room and pulled out the curtains, leaving the children scared and crying.

Reporter Darragh MacIntyre spoke to residents and secured new footage showing how a rampaging mob caused mayhem in the neighbourhood.

BBC Panorama “The Riots That Shocked the Country” is on BBC One at 8pm on Monday 19 August.