STREET CHAOS

Cops hunt lockdown flouting yobs who brandished weapons and bricks during Johnstone disturbances

COPS are hunting yobs who were brandishing weapons and bricks in Johnstone during a number of disturbances as they flouted lockdown rules.

Police say the thugs were spotted with the dangerous items on the streets of the Renfrewshire town yesterday afternoon and evening.

They were sighted on Buchanan Street, McLaurin Crescent and Ryefield Avenue.

It came despite current Covid-19 restriction measures urging people only to go outside for essential journeys and exercise.

Officers added that there were no reports of anybody being hurt in the disturbances.

Cops launched an appeal as they urged anyone with information to come forward.

Any witnesses who can help should contact officers via 101.

We told on Sunday how police are on the hunt for three yobs after they left a Glasgow teenager in hospital after a shocking daylight attack.

The brutal assault and robbery happened in broad daylight in the city's east end last month.

Detectives in Glasgow issued images of three men that they believe can assist with them with their enquiries into what happened at Sannox Gardens at around 4.30pm on Monday, April 13.

And we told yesterday how a woman was attacked "with intent to rape" in a horrifying incident at a park in Fife.

The 25-year-old had to fight off the thug in Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline, after he followed and assaulted her on Monday.