On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 14:48:36 +0100, John wrote:
I seem to have started to attract some door bell ringing from the local
youths on the skulk home from school. I ignore it - but it has escalated
into them coming up to the windows and knocking on them (to really impress
their mates)

I am thinking of leaving a video camera running in the house - positioned in
such a way that no-one just walking past on the pavement will be caught in
shot. Then if I get a picture of a face at the window I can show it to my
local Community Police Boy.

Any legal issues that you can imagine? Anyone at the window will be 15 feet
onto my property.

Ignore it. It'll soon be the school holidays and they'll all go away
and annoy other people instead. When they go back in september they'll
have forgotten all abou it.
Anyway, by the time you got a camera sorted out, and got the local Hitler
Youth, sorry PCSO out of their chair the school will be closed up and all
the teachers off on holiday - or doing part time jobs elsewhere.

If you still feel the need to do something, get a BEWARE OF THE DOG sign
for the garden gate.