A set of anonymous letters has sent a village into turmoil. Tensions among residents in Shiptonthorpe, East Yorkshire, are sky-rocketing as a result of ‘vulgar’ letters creating a ‘village of poison’.
People claim they’ve been ‘terrorised through their letterboxes for the past two years’. The nasty letters, which have been sent by a mysterious writer, are described as being ‘personal, obscene and targeted’.
One woman from Shiptonthorpe revealed that she had received her first letter in December 2022, when she was in the process of becoming a ward councillor.
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She revealed that she was completely ‘astonished’ when she opened the letter and saw its contents.
She said: “It was vile, I ripped it up, I couldn’t believe where it had come from or why I’d received it.”
Despite the fact that she had destroyed the letter, the woman explained that the accusations made in it had stuck with her.
“It was accusing me of what you could call being a loose woman.
“It said the only way I would ever get anywhere within politics would be if I was to perform unspeakable things to men.”
The upset resident reported the letter to the local police and was given safety advice.
Shortly after she received a letter, her partner also started getting letters that urged him ‘to be honest’ with himself and to stop his girlfriend from ‘roaming’.
The letter was simply signed: “From a caring deal friend.”
He said that, after receiving the letters, he became ‘frightened’ for his partner’s safety and explained: “I was worried that anybody might approach her because I didn’t know who else had knowledge of this letter.”
Another villager received a letter from the poison pen writer that said: “I hope cancer finds you.”
Jason, who lives in the village but hasn’t received any letters, explained that it felt like ‘a cloud of vitriol’ had fallen over the village and claimed that people had moved away as a result of the letters.
He said: “It is a wonderful village with wonderful people, but someone had brought poison1 to this village.”
Humberside Police has reportedly carried out inquiries into some of the incidents, including looking at CCTV footage, but are yet to find out who is behind the cruel letters.
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