A young mother was shocked by thugs who shot her toddler son with an airgun.

Elaine Croucher, 23, was waiting at a bus stop in Southend when her son, Taylor, two, squealed in pain as he was shot from a passing car.

Miss Croucher said: "These people are sick. He is only a baby. It made me so angry."

Published Wednesday August 18, 2004

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