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Antisocial Behaviour Report

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hiredandsqueak · 03/09/2023 15:24

On Saturday my adult son received a letter from the local housing authority regarding his phone call with them discussing our neighbour's antisocial behaviour and enclosing behaviour logs and details of the action they have taken so far (informing police and outside agencies, writing to perpetrator and ongoing monitoring)
Now my son has autism and can't use a telephone, would have no clue who the local housing authority was and we don't have any problems with any neighbours and wouldn't imagine any of the others do either. I'm pretty much the newcomer and have lived here 24 years and there has never been any trouble, on our cul de sac in all that time, with the neighbours. We aren't in and out of each others' houses but all speak to each other when out in the garden or leaving the house.
So it is obviously malicious. I went to speak to my immediate neighbour as that would make sense that the reports refer to the person next door and I didn't want her upset if she got a letter warning her about her behaviour not least because she is late seventies.
She didn't know that my adult son lived here, he's pretty reclusive and only leaves home if he is driven somewhere which made me think, very few people would know of his existence and even fewer would know his name as he wasn't educated in local schools, doesn't go to local shops or pubs or any public amenities. The two on the cul de sac who would know his name wouldn't do that, they know of him through his siblings but there is no animosity at all between us and them and they would know it would be ridiculous to pretend to be ds as they are aware of his difficulties.
I will contact the local housing authority on Monday and speak with them about it being a false report. I suspect it is the person who was warned off by a solicitor for harrassing ex husband (landlord) and threatened with an injunction who has turned his attention to our children as the week before our daughter was reported to the County Council for council tax fraud which was a worry but easily sorted. He has obviously looked for our details ( easily done as we have an unusual spelling of our surname) and he would have access through his work I believe but knows nothing of the details of our lives in so far as son's disability and our neighbours which makes the report ridiculous.
He has obviously given the housing authority a phone number as the letter details his call with them and plans to call him back (phone numbers show up when you call them as they always ask if they should call me on the number shown) Would it be ridiculous if I asked them to contact the police about this or report it to the police myself as I feel a bit like a sitting duck knowing he knows where we live waiting for his next stunt.

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AnSolas · 03/09/2023 15:40

I would contact the police directly and ask them to investigate who has been pretending to be your son. If the person is making a false report and the police have already been informed of "criminal acts" etc via the LA they can decide to act on your son's behalf. If the individual has moved from your exH to family then I would look for the police to become involved as early as possible.

With the LA they have an issue in that once you confirm that your son is not making the reports they can not (should not) tell you the information they have on file. So a catch 22.
You also need to be careful around how you explain the problem that your exH is having and how you name the individual involved as all of that can fall within data which the individual can FOI.

Gilead · 03/09/2023 15:51

Yes contact both the LA and the police.

hiredandsqueak · 03/09/2023 15:53

@AnSolas Thank you. I wasn't going to give the person's name as obviously I have no proof but obviously they have his telephone number so could pass that on to the police and I imagine he could be traced that way. Solicitor had already said, with what exh had experienced, he isn't very good at covering his tracks and so they would have a good case for an injunction so I can't imagine he has thought to get a different phone. I feel pretty vulnerable which I never have previously as I live here alone with ds and dd who is also autistic. He obviously had to use ds's identity as he is the only male here but makes me wonder what he has planned for dd and I

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AnSolas · 03/09/2023 17:34

The police will be able to check if he has a history and its likely that the complaint is the bloke having a go at some other person and none of the report is true.

However I would ask that the housing authority run a search on all your names in case other stuff is being logged.

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