A YOUTH worker who ordered a mother and her youngsters off a coach at the side of a notorious road has been told she did nothing wrong.

Sarah Hunter was ordered off the coach at the Grane Road after her son, Stephen, 13, who suffers from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder for which he is on medication, became rowdy. The coach was returning from a day out at Alton Towers with the Youth Works project, run by the environmental charity Groundwork.

Following Mrs Hunter's complaints and demands for the project worker involved to be sacked, Groundwork launched an internal investigation and the Roman Road project was put on hold. The project worker was given leave for 'her own safety.'

But the investigation, which included the police, found Mrs Hunter's version of events were not what actually happened.

PC Wendy Eastham said: "A full investigation was carried out to find out what happened on the evening of Tuesday August 28 and it would appear that the facts given to the police and the Lancashire Evening Telegraph were untrue.

"We are confident that the version of events has been mis-represented and the action taken on the coach by Groundwork staff was responsible, as they had other passengers' safety as a priority.

"The police work closely with Groundwork and the work has had a significant impact on the reduction of juvenile nuisance in the community, which is a major problem in the Fishmoor and Higher Croft area."

Mrs Hunter, of Whitehaven Close, Blackburn, had her two other children with her, Anthony, 10 and Melissa, seven, together with four other children who, she claims, were also told to get off.

She said the group was dropped off by a telephone box, near Gas Street, from where Mrs Hunter telephoned husband Stephen.

Mrs Hunter was unavailable for comment today, but her husband said he was 'gutted,' but stood by his wife's version of events. "I didn't think any action would be taken."