[imporrilk]

Quite frankly, I would refuse to take the caution and let the Police take me to court.

If the family is as bad as you say they are, its likely the judge would throw the case out of court or the CPS would not even decide to let it get to court and you'll get off scot free, either way.

Do the troublesome teens parents own their own home or rent from a private landlord or council?

If they rent, I would put together a statement of everything that happened that night and send it off to the landlord/s, hopefully the tossers will get either evicted or be on their last warning.

Law abiding citizens, minding their own business and paying taxes shouldn't have to put up with scum like this.

I bet if you decide to take the caution the police will let your horrible neighbours know about your decision, and you'll probably have them laughing at you behind your back, because they've effectively Won and you've been the one to get a caution when its their teen girl that was causing the sh*t in the first place.

I'd tell the cops, Do your worst, cos I'll fight this with every breath in my body, then see what happens after that, they'd probably think its more hassle to pursue any case against you, rather than just give you a verbal warning and tell you to just call the cops next time you have trouble from your neighbours.

Unless you attacked the door with an axe, any damage will be superficial and not even worth the neighbours time pursuing you in the small claims court, its likely they'd lose anyway with their past history of behaviour, etc.