A friend called me this morning to tell me she'd spent the night, awake, terrified as she'd heard the man next door assaulting his partner all night long. She and her partner had heard a fierce verbal argument followed by whimpering female saying things like 'please stop', things thrown at the wall (her possibly), it went on all night and she didn't call police. I told her she must but she won't for fear the perpetrator will harm her children who were not present at the time. She is in this accommodation temporarily (I don't know the address) whilst she's having work undertaken on her own property and will be moving out in the next three weeks. I suggested she get her children's dad to put them up until she moves out, which he would, but that she simply must call police. She has no idea if the woman is alive or dead, pregnant or not (not that that makes a difference to whether or not she should call). She just says that he'll know it was her even though it could be any number of other residents that could have called. I told her she can make the call anonymous. Even if I follow her home I won't be able to work out which flat the violence was taking place in. Feel desperately impotent and so frustrated with the friend. What would you do? What can I do? I have made it clear that she should, that I will if she'll just give me the address but to no avail.