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The victim, who has not been named, suffered bruising so severe that he was unable to work for one week. The children allegedly laughed at the man after the callous attack, said to have happened in west Cardiff.

Tracey, the man’s husband, said: “My husband was just walking along the street and there was a gang of kids on scooters. They tried running him off the roads for no reason, he was only walking up.

“So of course he shouted at them and told them to stop. Then the next thing you know, there’s like 15 of them who have suddenly appeared outside our house and they started attacking him. I had been ill and was only discharged out of hospital the day before.”

Tracey was hit in the face during the violence which ensued, Wales Online reports.

“I had to get involved and try stop it and got hit in the face,” she added.

“My neighbours started coming out and begging the children to leave and saying this is our road. Cars were stopping and people were getting out trying to help. The kids thought it was funny.

“He was attacked so badly, he had to take a week off work under the doctor’s orders until the bruising and swelling went down. He was covered in bruises and couldn’t even use his knees where he was pushed and had fallen.”

He was attacked so badly, he had to take a week off work under the doctor’s orders until the bruising and swelling went down

The man’s wife Tracey

Tracey has lived in the area for 20 years and said she believes anti-social behaviour has been on the increase recently.

Streets and businesses there have been vandalised, and residents have been verbally and physically attacked.

Bethan Evans, 21, has only lived in the area for two months but has already witnessed fireworks being thrown at people, drug dealing and stealing from her local shop – all done by people under the age of 16.

She said: “Every time I go to the shops on Cowbridge Road West or even my local corner store, I see young people swearing loudly, knocking over things around the aisle and even throwing them across the store and breaking them. The staff in shops get so much abuse by the kids too when telling them to stop or trying to kick them out – I feel so sorry for them. I don’t know how they put up with it.

“It makes me feel very upset that people want to upset and even vandalise our local community and there aren’t enough police around to stop it.

“I think more police presence would help out the area and maybe more advertising and signs on the streets of groups available to join. Even for me, I’m new to the area and would love to participate in activities where I can actually meet people.”

Inspector Kevin Deacy, from Ely police station in the area, said: “The misuse of fireworks in this way is dangerous and illegal. We are listening to the concerns of the community and are working hard to stamp out this behaviour. We patrol these areas as often as we can and will be putting an extra focus on providing a visible presence to deal with offences.

“We would remind shopkeepers of their responsibilities in relation to the sale of fireworks and ask parents to check what their children are doing at night. The last thing we want is to be knocking on anyone’s door with news that someone has been injured or worse as a result of a firework or stone being thrown.

“Sometimes, crime and anti-social behaviour being discussed on social media hasn’t been reported to the police. I would encourage anyone with information to provide it as we have a better chance of tackling this behaviour as and when it is reported.”

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