A TERRIFIED family have told how they came under siege in their own home from a gang of rampaging yobs.

One of the teenagers walked into the house and tried to steal the tel- evision as his pals hurled missiles through the windows. Aneela Khan, aged 23, was visiting her sis- ter Faiz Begum, aged 29, at her home in Great Lever when the attack happened.

She said four frightened chil- dren, aged five, nine, 10 and 12, were cowering upstairs as Jason Wilding, aged 17, walked into the house while windows were being smashed. Ms Khan said: “We were just watching TV and then things started coming through the window. I was really worried because there were bricks and glass everywhere.

“He just came in and was swearing at us, but we had not done anything and it was not us they were after. It was really scary.

“What they were doing was so dangerous — what if the chil- dren had been downstairs?

“I can’t believe he just walked into the house, it was like it was his own house.”

However, Wilding dropped the 42-inch television and ran off after a brick came flying in and hit the teenager on the head.

Police found him nearby shortly after, bleeding from the head.

Yesterday he appeared at Bolton Magistrates Court to be sentenced for his part in the incident, which happened on September 15 last year.

The court heard the gang attacked the family’s home after they were seen messing about with a car in Hamel Street, Great Lever, by Mobarek Patel.

They then turned their atten- tion towards Mr Patel, but they went to the wrong house and attacked another family.

Wilding had denied affray, but was convicted after a trial. He claimed he was dragged into the house and was attacked. He was sentenced to four months in custody for that offence, along with a racially- aggravated assault he pleaded guilty to. That offence took place in April this year.

The court heard that he had been chanting racial abuse about Bolton boxer Amir Khan. When he was challenged by Sohail Musa, Wilding assaulted him by throwing a beer can or bottle at him in Nottingham Drive, Halliwell. The magistrates granted an application by The Bolton News for reporting restrictions to be lifted so Wilding, of Tavis- tock Road, Bolton, could be named.

Ms Khan added: “He didn’t look like you would expect, he looked like a nice boy.

“I hope he has learned his les- son from this and doesn’t do it again.”

Sentencing, Michael Smethurst, chairman of the bench said: “We have listened to what has been said and we feel the two offences committed were serious in their own respect and for this we are going to sentence you to four months.”

The time will be addition to a 12-month detention and train- ing order which was imposed at Bolton Crown Court on Wednesday.

The court heard he led a gang who attacked a vulnerable 15- year-old boy at a bus stop for just five one-pound coins.

He was criticised by Judge Steven Everett for being the leader of a “feral gang”.