Paeodophile next door

[Marie1984]

Hi all,

This is my first time posting, I need some advice and guidance regarding my next door neighbour. My neighbour was sentenced end of October to 4 years in prison for sex offences on a child. I do not know the nature of the offences all I know is that they was 5 offences in total. With good behaviour he will be out of prison in 20 months. At the time none of the close neighbours could believe that he could be going in prison for offences of that nature as he always seemed so nice and helpful. Nobody could believe when he was convicted. Since then the house was raided last week and two illegal firearms were taken off the premises. My family and the other neighbours who know he has gone to prison are all very upset as to what has happened and now with these firearms being found too. Nobody wants this kind of trouble were they live.

I am a mummy to be and had a very difficult time in getting pregnant as my hubby and I had to go through fertility treatment which wasn't easy. As a result of what's happened with my next door neighbour I am very stressed and worried in my pregnancy I don't want my baby living next door to this. I know that people committed of these offences have to live somewhere but it doesn't mean I have to be happy about them living next door to me especially as they are in a rented house and we are buying ours. We have thought about moving but is there any legal way we can get them to move instead? We have invested a lot of time and money in making our home nice so do not see why we should move(if people want to think I'm being hysterical than so be it but your not living next door to it with all due respect) Is there anyway that I could find out the nature of the offences? If I know the exact nature of the offences it may help me to feel different.

I have tried to find out using the internet more about the case but information seems to be very limited. He was not sentenced in this area but even so in the area he was sentenced I can find nothing regarding the sentence in the local newspaper. The only information I could find was regarding the first hearing.

Also there is a school less than 5 minutes away. How close can someone convicted of sex offences live by a school? What are the best ways as a future mummy that I can protect my baby when this neighbour comes out of prison?

Please only send construction advice and guidance I do not want to be harassed like others have done by internet trolls. Thank you

I know people serve there time in sentences I'm not disputing that but try saying what you have just posted to someone who's family have been affected by someone interfering with an innocent child, any child who has had anything done to them ends up living with it for the rest of their lives! I think some people should remember that. I wonder how Sarah Paynes mother would feel reading those comments but I guess people who havn't been affected by it any way can easily say that!

As for my other comment regarding the house situation I don't feel it is right that people who have asked for none of this should feel that they have to move to get away when the next door neighbour feels that it is:

1. ok to break the law by commiting sex offences on an INNOCENT CHILd
2. ok to break the law by KEEPING ILLEGAL FIREARMS

If someone was posting on here and they was renting their house and found out a paedophile was living next door I would be sympathetic towards them so don't bother trying to make out its about who rents and who buys their house as its not.

I don't blame anyone for wanting neighbours who have never committed a crime. It's the saying out loud "is there any legal way we can get them to move instead?"

Think about it. You're saying you want them moved away from your house and next door to someone else right?

And you're the one brought up renting.

especially as they are in a rented house and we are buying ours