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Peeping neighbour filming..

65 replies

Twix42 · 27/02/2020 09:02

So I suppose this is more aibu..
This morning I had to run out quickly to catch the bin men at 6.50am as forgot to put out bin in time.. Its still a bit dark outside and the lights are still on (way up north) . I am wheeling out our bin and look up to see the lady in the house opposite standing getting dressed in the window with no top on, they have do have vertical blinds, but only partially closed, so you could see her naked top half. Doesn't bother me remotely that she was naked, but not something I would do,standing in the window. I turned back to return our house and I spotted my neighbour next door with his phone sticking out of their ensuite clearly filming her. He's a young lad, probably late teens early 20s.
I feel a bit icky, like I should tell the lady opposite to keep her blinds closed, but I don't know her/them and we all keep ourselves to ourselves. I'd be mortified, but lady is mid 20s and very pretty, not that it matters.
Do I just forget it?

Thanks

OP posts:
OlaEliza · 27/02/2020 09:04

Stick a note through her door?

Damntheman · 27/02/2020 09:13

I'd have asked him what the hell he thought he was doing, but I understand why that might not be the preferable action. Agree with the suggestion to let the lady know. That's so grim.

WhatShe5aid · 27/02/2020 09:15

I wonder if they are both aware and consenting.
I'd stick a note through the door, anonymously.

CuriousaboutSamphire · 27/02/2020 09:18

A note through both doors.. her to tell her to close her blinds and his to tell anyine in the house that he had been seen filming!

Southmouth · 27/02/2020 09:21

As PP said I’d do the note in both doors!

totallydevoidofideas · 27/02/2020 09:22

That's really horrible and so creepy. I'd have to knock the door opposite and just tell her what I'd seen - don't tell her what to do, just tell her what you saw (ie. him on phone, not her naked top half!) Make it friendly and brief, not dramatic. I think leaving a note makes it all even weirder and creepier.

CormoranStrike · 27/02/2020 09:26

I’d report to the police.

Pumpkinpie1 · 27/02/2020 09:33

I’d knock on her door and tell her what you’ve seen

Frothybothie · 27/02/2020 09:37

I doubt if the police would be interested - no expectation of privacy if not photographed on a commercial basis, and not using telephoto lenses of fancy equipment.

purpleboy · 27/02/2020 09:38

I'd put a note through both doors, however I would be inclined to report to 101. This could indicate more serious escalating behavior on his part.

DameHannahRelf · 27/02/2020 09:42

I agree leave your neighbour a note, letting her know she can be seen clearly, and was photographed or filmed (and by who), I would sign it and put your address on too. I wouldn't contact the perv at all, I'd let naked neighbour herself deal with it (you could include that in the note too).

bobstersmum · 27/02/2020 09:44

He's a creep, but if she was half naked in full view of the window then she must know someone could see?

PickwickThePlockingDodo · 27/02/2020 09:44

Oh she knows what she's doing. Who gets naked in front of a window with an open blind?
Agree he's a creep but she needs to draw her curtains Confused

DameHannahRelf · 27/02/2020 09:47

I think if it were me that was seen and possibly photographed like that, an annoymous note would freak me out a lot more, than one I knew was from the woman accross the street (who was clearly too mortified to come to the door about it, having seen me in all my glory).

Damntheman · 27/02/2020 09:53

He's a creep, but if she was half naked in full view of the window then she must know someone could see

Oh she knows what she's doing. Who gets naked in front of a window with an open blind?
Agree he's a creep but she needs to draw her curtains

Grief.. Just because she was naked in front of her window doesn't give ANYONE the right to film her without consent. Who knows, maybe she grew up in the country and forgets people can see into windows. I was like that when I first moved to London, doesn't mean I was asking to be filmed secretly.

CuriousaboutSamphire · 27/02/2020 09:55

Fucking hell! She knows you know!!! He's a creep but what, she's leading him on? Fuck off!

Put notes through, tell her who you are!

CormoranStrike · 27/02/2020 09:57

I would say voyeurism is definitely a crime, definition below

Voyeurism is often recognised as the illegal viewing or recording of another person while they conduct private activities, with the aim of sexual gratification. Historically, the term 'peeping Tom' would have been applied to a person who was convicted of voyeurism.

LittleBoyJuly2020 · 27/02/2020 10:01

Sorry but I'm not feeling much sympathy for her at all. She either knows what she's doing and enjoying the attention or they're both un on it together.
Any sane, normal woman doesn't stand by her window half naked.

bobstersmum · 27/02/2020 10:02

Fucks sake keep your knickers on people! No one said anything about her leading him on. If she is getting naked in front of an open window then she is obviously not bothered about being seen? I didn't say she DESERVES to be filmed.

JaneDacre · 27/02/2020 10:06

Tell her in person.
Does he live with his parents? Tell them what he was doing.

CormoranStrike · 27/02/2020 10:06

For me it’s the recording part that is the worst; that takes it beyond any kind of “well of course people can see her if she is in front of a window”.

And I too would worry about escalation/pattern of behaviour. Total crew.

CormoranStrike · 27/02/2020 10:07

*creep

Popl · 27/02/2020 10:11

I would honest to goodness report that as a little incident via 101. Just so it's noted. He may just be an immature lad who's sent it to his mates, but it's worth noting somewhere. And I absolutely would knock on her door and just let her know too.

CuriousaboutSamphire · 27/02/2020 10:11

bobster I think you might want to read another poster respnding to me...

She either knows what she's doing and enjoying the attention or they're both un on it together. That's the sort of thinking I was responding too!

bobstersmum · 27/02/2020 10:13

OK Curious, glad it wasn't to me!