A Kildare family is still in shock this morning after a terrifying arson incident last night. At 6.05-6.30pm on Thursday, 28 March, a family living near Hatter’s Cross were shocked to experience their hedging - which surrounds the house - was set on fire.
The mother of two young children stated the incident was terrifying, with their two young children and mother in law in the house. The distraught mother claimed the hedge was deliberately set on fire and the perpetrators allegedly spotted "running and laughing" from the scene and is appealing to KildareNow viewers to help.
“This was most upsetting… If anyone happened to see something – or had a dashcam or CCTV footage - it’s a busy road and at 6:05pm, a lot of people would have driven past. It’s on the back road at Hatter's Cross heading towards Carragh GAA.
“They could have killed us as the hedge surrounds our house. A family member is seriously ill at the moment, and this has really upset him and all of us. We have just installed new gates and it’s ruined the electrics and will cost at least €1,500 to fix, they were only wired last week”
