Olympic Rings sculpture unveiled today (From Dorset Echo)

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  'far too dangerous at night to go anywhere'. What a ridiculous thing to write. This is Weymouth not Baghdad. No wonder people believe daft things when they read this sort of rubbish.”
  
  
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  Mabe you should ask poor Reece Peters or his family about the terrible violence in Weymouth and surrounding areas now.
  
  Here are just some incidents this month... Ask any policeman in Weymouth to enlighten you about the town centre violence...
  
  A VULNERABLE boy is terrified of leaving home after he was attacked and beaten by three youths.
  
  Reece Peters, 15, was assaulted by three people when he was playing on Dahlia Close in Preston Downs.
  
  He has been left with a swollen and cut face, a black eye and a chipped tooth after he was beaten with a plank of wood.
  
  Reece, who has Asperger’s syndrome and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, is now scared to go outside.
  
  His parents Trevor and Marianne Peters have said the assault has been a ‘real blow to his confidence’.
  
  
  Mr Peters said: “I’m not very happy at all.
  
  “He was basically playing outside when the three lads came round through the alleyway.
  
  “They grabbed him and punched him before knocking him to the floor.
  
  “One of them had a plank of wood which he hit Reece with several times across his back and legs.”
  
  “It is a shame because of his condition he does not go out much so this is a real blow to his confidence.”
  
  Mr Peters, who works at Stuart Barnes Conservatories, was at work when the assault occurred.
  
  He added: “My wife was at home when Reece came into the house crying and shaken and told her what happened before she called the police.
  
  
  
  Reece, a pupil at The Compass, said: “It’s not right what happened. They hit me over the back and legs with a piece of wood.
  
  “I really want to go outside but I’m scared it will happen again.
  
  “I recognised one of them but not the other two.”
  
  Tears of frustration were shed by his Mum Marianne who said she felt completely ‘helpless’.
  
  Mrs Peters, who is 50 and works for Dorset County Council, said: “It is absolutely awful.
  
  “I was sitting in the living room but I didn’t hear a thing. I’ve had to take time off work because I’m worried they will come to the house.
  
  “I felt completely helpless, hurt and upset.
  
  “There are a lot of incidents involving the police in this area but there is no need for this.
  
  She has hit out against youths who are cruel to her son and call him names.
  
  She added: “Reece has such a hard time over the last year – some of the youths around here call him names.
  
  “I’ve even been up to them and explained his condition and asked them to stop – but they won’t.
  
  “It is just so upsetting that he has had yet another knock to his confidence.”
  
  assailants hunted
  
  NO arrests have yet been made but Dorset Police said investigations will continue.
  
  A spokesman said: “We received a report that a 15-year-old boy had been assaulted by three people in Dahlia Close in Weymouth.
  
  “He had been left with a swollen eye, chipped tooth and bruising.
  
  “We were informed that one of them had been holding a plank of wood.
  
  “Dorset Police are currently investigating this issue.”
  
  
  
  
  
  Woman attacked by two men on busy Weymouth road
  
  SCENE OF INCIDENT: Derby Stores, Derby Street, Weymouth
  
  SHOP staff in Weymouth had a shock when an assault victim covered in blood ran in to hide.
  
  A fight broke out in the street outside Derby Stores in the Park District yesterday morning.
  
  Derby Stores owner Kevin Bennett said his mother-in-law Barbara Bebbington was minding the shop when the fight broke out.
  
  Mr Bennett returned to find blood on the shop floor.
  
  Clearing up the mess yesterday, Mr Bennett said: “Apparently they were shouting and fighting in the road outside. One guy came flying in here to hide.”
  
  
  
  
  An onlooker said: “The old lady that works in there came out shouting: ‘Help.
  
  ‘Call the police.’ She was very distressed.”
  
  A spokesman for South Western Ambulance said crews treated a man with facial injuries at the scene."
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