Primrose Hill has ’turned from A-list paradise into a Neanderthal playground’

IT is the leafy north London enclave that became synonymous with wealth and excess thanks to the antics of Kate Moss, Jude Law and Liam Gallagher. But today fed-up residents say you are more likely to bump into a thug wearing a hoodie than you are to an A-list celebrity in Primrose Hill, which has become a “Neanderthal campground“. Following the fatal stabbing of 16-year-old schoolboy Harry Pitman on New Year’s Eve, locals have told The Sun that they have been warning of a surge in violence and anti-social behaviour for three years. Eleanor Sturdy chairs the Primrose Hill crime panel and says the area’s historic park can resemble a music festival some days as yobs take drugs and have sex in full view of members of the public. Read more: The Sun newspaper brings you the latest breaking news