By Debbie Kerr and Graeme Strachan

The home of suspended Dundee teacher Michael Barile was targeted in another vandalism attack last night.

Windows at Mr Barile’s family house in Downfield were smashed as a result of the incident, the latest in a line of attacks on their home and car.

It is understood that Mr Barile and his wife Moira were at home when the incident happened.

Moira Barile told The Courier previously that her family have had to endure a campaign of torment since her husband was found guilty last month of assaulting two pupils in his class.

The procurator fiscal said at Mr Barile’s trial that the pupils’ behaviour towards the teachers “could charitably be described as disgraceful” and their conduct had left them open to “severe criticism” in some cases.

Sheriff McNair said the case would probably not have been brought but for the fact he was a teacher.

In the week before Christmas eggs were thrown at the Bariles’ home and a tyre on his wife’s car was destroyed.

The family were also targeted by youths in Teviotdale Avenue on Hogmanay, when a bottle or can was thrown at their car.

Last night Mr Barile’s sister-in-law Roselyn Curran said the couple were going through hell.

She said they were being abused in the street and their property was being vandalised on an almost daily basis.

“There’s been another one tonight,” she said. “Youths have thrown stones through their double-glazed windows.

“It’s just ridiculous. They are sitting on tenterhooks every single day and every night.

“They’ve just been getting bombarded. It’s open house for them [the youths].”

Asked how often objects were being thrown at the house, Ms Curran said, “More or less every other night.

“Eggs are being thrown, stones, and there have been screws put in their car tyres about seven times now.

“It’s relentless.”

She said the couple want to sell up but the gloomy housing market isn’t helping them.

“They have put the house on the market,” she said.

“They just have to get away from the area but there’s nothing moving.

“They are desperate now to get away from the place but it’s going to take a while to sell the house,” Ms Curran added.

Mr Barile has received an outpouring of support from Courier readers following his conviction last month.

He is appealing against his conviction but is also to be reported to the General Teaching Council for Scotland.

This means he will almost certainly face a disciplinary hearing and could be struck off the teaching register—meaning his career would be effectively over.

Police confirmed last night that a juvenile had been charged in relation to an incident of alleged vandalism in the Downfield area, which took place last night just after 7pm.

A police spokesman also confirmed that a 16-year-old youth had been arrested and charged following an incident in which a bottle was allegedly thrown at a car on December 31 in Teviotdale Avenue.

The youth has now been charged and reported to the procurator fiscal in Dundee.