Neighbour shouting in communal corridors about killing someone with a knife (title edited by MNHQ)

[Itsmeaga1n]

So last night it all kicked off in the building I live in .. a neighbour on my corridor was screaming about killing someone with a knife, about killing the police, about buying drugs and them stealing her money ... the police were called (not by me) and arrested her. She shouted that she's bipolar and hadnt taken her medication. Also before the police arrived she used racist language beginning with p followed by a word rhyming with hunt.

I'm shaken, scared to go out of my flat at night (I'm a single parent, my dd is 17 and I definitely don't want her out on her own).

Is there anything I can do to have this person removed ? I feel she should be in sheltered accommodation as she's dangerous. I live in a housing association flat but not sheltered so she's not supervised.

Sorry, title should read shouting in communal corridor ....

She sounds in a very bad place currently. I would imagine the police will liaise with her cmht/crisis team about support.

I think they brought her home this morning.

I've lived here about a month and seen the police at her door at least four times during that time.

Contact your housing association and ask to speak to someone about it. They’ll tell you what can be done and and who you need to speak to. Meanwhile if she gets like that again call police.

You sound lovely

I think I’d go round and check if she was okay, chat about what support she has, but you may not feel comfortable doing that.

How does your HA work- can you apply for swaps or moves?

I dont feel comfortable going round and speaking to her. Of course I'm concerned about her but all I see and hear at her door and drug dealers and shouting. That doesn't mean I don't care but it does mean i worry for the safety of my daughter and myself. Surely it's right to worry more about my daughter than my neighbour in a potentially dangerous situation?

I've emailed my housing association but won't hear anything until next week as its the weekend.

It's not just me, there are others in the building who call the police about them regularly, there seem to be three people on the flat, they come and go very loudly at all hours of the day and night (shouting and fighting in the corridors at 4 in the morning for example).

haggis I sound "lovely" (I'm presuming that's sarcastic?) because I'm scared living next to someone who wanders the corridors with a knife shouting and threatening to kill someone?!

if that comment was sarcasm then may the perpetrator have to live with violence and drugs.

if the neighbour is mentally ill ,all the more reason to call the HA. The drug cuckoos will be resident in no time.

It’s quite a jump from one incident to “how do I get them removed”. It’s not the only solution, of course you should speak to the HA.

You mentioned one incident and one person - you’ve now drip fed.

People with mental health issues still need somewhere to live.

Go round and check she's ok? And put herself at risk? I don't think that's a great idea tbh if the police are there as much as that (a family member has bpd so I'm not suggesting for one minute the neighbour is actually dangerous but it's possible during an episode)

Could you call the local police station for advice? In the meantime all you can do is make sure your door is locked and get a peephole so you can check if she's around maybe? Might make you feel a bit calmer. It doesn't sound pleasant for anyone involved but in perspective she's probably more dangerous to herself unfortunately than anyone else. It's a horrible illness.

I think a bit of compassion for somebody with complex mental health problems wouldn't go amiss.

What horrible replies.

No one would be happy to live in such close proximity to someone who behaved like that...the op is alone with her dc and is scared. Lots of people would be.

Sorry for drip feeding, I'm feeling anxious but that wasn't my intention.

I have compassion, of course I do, but feel too scared to go round there.

Of course I know she needs housing. I just feel she shouldn't be in the same building as children/ young adults without care of some sort.

former, don't worry, I expected it on mn tbh.

The sooner they can hide all these mentally-ill, neurodiverse people away the better. You just never know who they could injure or maim.

autistic she was threatening someone with a knife? Is that not dangerous?

NorthernLurker
I think a bit of compassion for somebody with complex mental health problems wouldn't go amiss

Wouldn't that depend on your experience of living in or around someone with complex mental health problems?

In your OP you said she was screaming about it - not that you actually saw her threaten someone. Did you see her with a knife trying to stab someone?

No I didn't see it but I think shouting about it is worrying enough

Especially as her flatmate said after she was arrested, they didn't take her knife away thank God.

Shouting about it doesn’t mean she will do it, people shout all kinds of stuff. She probably just needs her medication looked at.

Ok thanks. You'd all be perfectly happy living in this situation then ...

Time to walk away I guess.

I think a bit of compassion for somebody with complex mental health problems wouldn't go amiss

Compassion is okay when you’re not worried you’re going to get murdered in your home. People with such complex needs who are so overtly threatening should be living in supported environments.