"This has definitely damaged him mentally and emotionally": Mum slams gang of bullies that assaulted son, 11

A mum has slammed a gang of bullies who preyed upon her 11-year-old son in park and physically assaulted him.

The mum only found out her son had been attacked after she was shown footage of the abuse by another parent. Sharon, said the attack happened on April 16, when her son was at a park in Buttermere, Chorley, Lancashire.

The area has previously seen an incident where a different boy was forced to kiss and lick the shoes of another group of children, reports Lancs Live.

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Sharon says her 11-year-old "isn't a small boy," but believes the two bullies that attacked him are still in primary school. She also says she wasn't aware of the attack that happened to her son, until another parent sent her the videos, saying she was "absolutely heartbroken" to watch them.

She added: "I didn’t even know it had happened until a parent who lives near the park sent me the videos. I was absolutely heartbroken watching it. I was heartbroken my son went through all that alone. He did so well not to hit out, he just stood there and took it all - absolutely heartbroken."

Sharon puts some of the blame onto the parents of the children that harassed her child, saying it "wouldn't have happened" if some responsibility was taken.

"The parents are not taking responsibility for their children’s actions," Sharon continued. "They are either ignoring what happened or saying their child did nothing wrong, while getting their friends to threaten me via messages.

"This wouldn’t have got this far if the parents took responsibility for their children and stopped them from continuing bullying different children. The amount of messages I’ve received from other parents in my area that