Frantic father's desperate plea after wife and daughters chased by gang of girls
A concerned father is urging South Australia’s Education Department to step in after his wife and three daughters were chased through a shopping centre by a gang of school girls in Adelaide.
They chased year 9 student Addison Rice, her two sisters and her mother through Mount Barker Central, after following her from Mount Barker High School.
Addison and her family were then chased into Specsavers, where staff helped protect them by closing and locking the front door.
Addison’s father Paul Rice explained the experience was distressing for his wife and children.
"[They] started yelling screaming, [they were] abusing her, threatening her, trying to punch her," he said.
"One of [my] other daughters had to step in to stop these [girls] from attacking [my] younger daughter.
"I had my wife and three daughters in that shop being protected by the people that work there.”
Witnesses recalled the group ganging up on the girl, leaving some of the older customers feeling unsafe.
Officers dispersed the group of girls at the scene but said they would not be taking further action.
In a letter sent out to parents of enrolled students, Mount Barker High School has assured they will take "strong action once the full details of the incident are determined”.
Parents are also calling for harsher, potentially legal consequences for severe bullying incidents.
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