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AIBU to ask for urgent advice, is my neighbour a stalker.

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CandyFloss35 · 04/09/2022 11:17

I have name changed as for anybody that knows me this is very outing but I am extremely worried, the man is very strange and seems obsessed with watching my house and the people in it. I will list a few examples and please tell me if you think this is stalking and how I should deal with it.

  • Following us in the car.
  • If he over hears the kids saying we are doing an activity say ice skating he turns up.
  • Watches us in the garden from the back bedroom window, every time someone is outside.
  • comes out of his house when it is dark and listens and looks at our windows. (I know he does this as have a ring doorbell, my house is the last house on the road just trees at the end and no houses opposite as it’s a one sided lane so only my house he could be looking at.) He has rang the bell (I did not answer ) he called me a “stuck up evil c**)
  • He has rang social services more than 5 times since the start of July reporting nonsense. (They investigated by ringing school, GP, police visits to the address etc etc first time everything was ok, malicious call no further action.) They now just ring me to say he has done it again for my own records.
  • He rang the police and reported someone from my household verbally abusing him, but he wasn’t sure who it was or if it was an adult or child but they definitely lived at our address. The police saw straight through this but he insisted they came round for a chat which they did. The police gave us advice on how to deal with him but said it’s best not to aggravate the situation by reporting him formally and we should try and keep the peace. I have evidence of the verbal abuse, him watching my house, him plotting outside my front door about setting us us up with the police, I reported him at ice skating for following my kids around the rink trying to talk to them. I could film him watching us out the bedroom window but I think that is possibly illegal.

I am scared and as the police are being useless, I am at a loss of what to do, if anyone has any experience please could you advise.

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SouthOfFrance · 04/09/2022 11:32

www.suzylamplugh.org/am-i-being-stalked-tool

CandyFloss35 · 04/09/2022 11:31

He lives with a partner and 4 kids, she can be verbally abusive also but she doesn’t do any of the other strange behaviour. At a guess I would say he is mid 40’s.

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Sunnyqueen · 04/09/2022 11:31

I would keep trying the police. Write down every single incident that's happened and relay it to them no matter how time consuming that is. If they still will not take it seriously I would take it in to my own hands. I'm assuming you don't have a husband /male partner or presumably they would have gotten involved by now. So find someone to sort it, that might mean paying them but needs must.

SouthOfFrance · 04/09/2022 11:31

The advice from the police is awful. You need to insist they deal with this properly.
There is also a national stalking advice organisation, give them a call and talk through your concerns and ask for advice

www.suzylamplugh.org/refer-someone-to-us

PurpleWisteria · 04/09/2022 11:30

The police need to do their fucking job. Idle sods.

Yarboosucks · 04/09/2022 11:28

Stapled? Meant stalked!

Yarboosucks · 04/09/2022 11:27

You are being harassed and stapled. The advice from the police is utter crap. You need to report this behaviour to the police. Have you discussed this behaviour with other neighbours? Is this new behaviour from him? Does he live alone? How old is he?

Cakecakecheese · 04/09/2022 11:23

Oh what a nightmare. Log everything he does and keep the Ring footage. I think the advice not to aggravate him is shoddy tbh and you should make a formal complaint, he needs to be told to stop.

CandyFloss35 · 04/09/2022 11:20

Moving isn’t a solution or a quick fix, house sales and purchases take time. Plus with the higher interest rates I would be much worse off financially.

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HipsterCoffeeShop · 04/09/2022 11:19

Move.

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