Susan Boyle subjected to 'torrent of abuse by gang of up to 15 youths'

Singer Susan Boyle has been subjected to a torrent of abuse by a gang of up to 15 youths, it emerged today.

The Britain’s Got Talent star has been hounded by the group who have been preying on her near her home, the Sunday Mirror reported.

A spokesman for the 56-year-old Scottish singer, who has Asperger syndrome, told the newspaper they were planning to call in police to ensure her safety.

It is believed that in one incident, the gang, made up of mainly boys, set light to paper and threw it at her.

A witness to the attacks told the newspaper: “We were inside the bus and they were throwing stones, screaming and shouting things.

“Another time 10-15 of them were surrounding and throwing stuff.

“They lit a piece of paper and threw it at her face.”

The witness said the attacks were “horrendous” and that on another occasion the group had stood waiting for her outside the Mill Centre, Blackburn, and called out: “why don’t you get yourself a pair of glasses you ugly, old b****.”

Boyle, who was the runner up of Britain’s Got Talent in 2009 with her performance of I Dreamed a Dream, lives in the Lancashire town in the former council house she grew up in.