Neighbour is a convicted paedophile

I apologies, I misread the post as saying that he could see into the front room. Blame my crap eyes.

The only thing you can do is worn more parents. I don’t think minding your own business like some people have suggested is the thing to do when you have a known predator in your midst. If everyone knows, parents of slightly older children can worn them and you might be potentially saving a 12 or 13 year old from being groomed. Even though I’d expect he’ll stick to the online medium.

There are 1000’s of peadophiles out there, its highly likely there are a few in the area you live in (like there are in my location!) I am more worried about the ones that haven’t been caught to be honest.

All you can do is protect your children as you would normally do, as you would with any other stranger danger and teach your children appropriate safety advice both linked to the internet and outside dangers.

Are you absolutely sure it’s him? I say this because someone in my family started saying that someone in her community was a paedophile, and it turned out not to be true (it was a case of mistaken identity). Luckily nothing happened to the man, but it was really awful.

I haven’t RTFT however I was in a similar position a few years ago. I discovered our neighbour was a convicted sex offender and had previous convictions and an ongoing one for inappropriate contact with children. It knocked me sick, largely because he could see into our garden from his house and my daughter (3/4 at the time) and friends children often played in the paddling pool etc and it made me feel very uncomfortable. I moved and he was later sentenced for reoffending. It’s a very unnerving feeling and as a parent you feel the need to protect your children.

I wouldn’t want to defend him but other posters have advised, outing him is probably not the best idea. My friend lived next to a sex offender outed by a vigilante group, cars out the front all got badly smashed up, including hers.

OP, I sympathise. But at least you're aware and don't need to have anything to do with the perverted bastard him.

It’s still speculation, until the proper channels confirm or deny the identity.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/29/vigilante-murder-paedophile-bristol-bijan-ebrahimi

@Getitwright

But strong facts will protect everyone better.

I don't think newspapers would be able to publish gossip about someone like this. So presumably the facts are strong. Why are you defending someone who has been found guilty?

What a great idea, then you will have a convicted sex offender on the run cos no one knows where he is! Ridiculous. OP- you now know about this guy and his conviction. This provides you with the opportunity to safeguard your children even more than you would in general. If he is on the Sex offenders register , that means the police will know where he is etc.

Yeah quite. Anything to distract attention from the question ehh?

Just get on with your life. Don't get involved in gossip, speculation etc, A lot of roads contain male and female sexual offenders. I used to work in that field, so I know this.

Just keep your own kids safe.

I don’t think I accused you of being a vigilante or an idiot, just stated that not having the proper facts, posting on social media can quickly escalate if the wrong kind of people get incorrect information.

I have no sympathy whatsoever ever with anyone convicted of looking at pornographic images or worse.

You’ll get a lot of shit for posting that, but not from me.

They’re maybe American; that’s how they spell “neighbours”.

This thread is disturbing. Why so defensive over paedophiles? Statistically there’s one on every street, and many have partners. Makes you wonder. Seems more apt to not be interested in the thread at all given how ‘hysterical’ it is to be worried about a paedophile neighbour convicted of pleasuring himself to images of the worst category. I think that’s something to be worried about, but no let’s all rush to defend him and vilify the OP.

Are all your neighbors behaving as hysterically as you?

Out him on the local FB page. He'll not be there long.

Make sure your kids know who he is and know to keep well away.

Quite @BalletCat ... I mean why not go the whole hog and just lock the children in a small secure trunk. That way the paedo will never clap eyes on them.

I mean they'll have an absolutely shite childhood but who cares as long as the filthy paedo doesn't get a glance at them.

Utterly ridiculous. Ban the children from the front room!? Keep the curtains shut at all times!? Who doesn't let their children in the half the rooms if their house because they are at the front!?

She already said he can't see into their front room because they look down into his front room as they are on a hill. Read the full thread or at least read all of the OPs posts, theres no need for such hysteria.

Don't let him babysit your children, don't go to his house, don't let him in your house. Once you've enacted those three things, he is then no more of a risk than any other paedophile living in any other house, any where in the toewn, of which there are plenty so keep your children safe and protected all the time anyway.

"Who has now appealed and had the order lifted."

That makes a lot more sense. Sometimes, weird things do get added on to SHPOs. If the defending barrister doesn't pick it up at the time then the police can sometimes push to get all sorts of things added.

The fact that the appeal was successful shows that those terms should never have been included in the first place.

Literally my next-door neighbour's son. Who has now appealed and had the order lifted.

So now he can go to university.