About neighbours and their dramas

[Zarachristmas]

I don't normally post stuff like this, where I live and work I meet people from all walks of life, live and let live and all that.

I've got some neighbours and they always seem to have some drama going on. Several things throughout last year and loads over Christmas and again last night.

They live over the road and I'm not even sure exactly who lives in the house but it's definitely a man a woman and some kids, maybe some other adults.

Last night 10pm there were cars speeding up and down the street, a woman jumped in front of a car and the driver drove at her at speed then she jumped out of the way. Loads of people shouting and banging at the door of this house then a man carrying another really drunk man into the house crying and shouting. Loads of little kids running about outside with all that going on.

On a previous night the woman, another woman and loads of little kids were all outside smashing the windows of the mans van, all shouting and kicking and smashing up the van with bricks.

Another night the woman was kicking the door of the house down again with the kids, the man was driving up and down past and they were all chasing him up the street, the women called the police complaining he'd locked them out and eventually they all went off in another woman's car at about midnight. For ages then the door was hanging off and we saw the man moving out with some of the children, but then they all came back.

That's just a snippet of the latest but pretty much there's always shouting and arguing, cars whizzing around, things being smashed up, always late at night and always including several small children.

My question is would you do anything? If so what would you do?

On one level they are annoying me because they are keeping my son awake at night with the noise, but I think they're awful really having all those kids up night after night seeing all that going on.

The first few times I just thought they're having some domestic problems but it's becoming a twice weekly thing.

Magic at one point I contacted the NSPCC and told them overtly my teenager had filmed something disturbing (He saw the woman chase the kids - then toddlers - from the back garden to the front where they cowered and hid whilst she shrieked abuse). They didn't even ask to see it. Andpredictably, the same teenager since broke the iPad - file was too big for me to send to myself. But filmed proof was there for the taking.

I suggest filming it, and putting it up on YouTube to shame the authorities into acting. I told the coppers and the RSPCA that that's what I'll be doing, this year and also that I have no intention of blanking out their faces, so they will be fully identifiable, to anyone who knows them. Both the policeman I said that to and the RSPCA inspector responded along the lines of "Fair enough!"

I'd move out of Albert Square pronto. this

Seriously though, just call the police. Although they probably already know all about them.

Glad to hear you're moving.

Putting on YouTube they'll likely know it was you and you could be bringing it to your door. Particularly if you film from a window in your house

In my case they already know it's us who have complained. We're in a remote place and the only adjoining house. Reprisals are constant but we haven't wanted to be intimidated from reporting what we saw. We have given up because the authorities do nothing - not because they know who is reporting them.

Joffrey that's horrendous and must have been so deeply frustrating for you knowing that children and animals were being abused and you could do nothing about it.

I don't think we should always be too quick to call in SS just because we witness a frazzled mum lose her shit and start screeching from time to time - we've all done it. Shouting and having a tantrum is not necessarily a sign of anything other than that she's having a really bad day and the kids are pushing her buttons so I can sort of see why SS didn't watch the video.

But I think we all know when there is something bigger and much more worrying going on that leaves us feeling very uncomfortable about a family and fearful for the children.

I meant for the OP. I hope you get somewhere with your neighbours too! Vile people

Thank you for the replies.

I think if it kicks off again I may just call the police.

I suspect they're already known to the authorities but that like with Joffreys neighbours nothing will be done. They're probably known to SS but they might not know the extent of what's going on.

By day they seem like a fairly nice family. You see the kids playing out. There is loads of junk in their front garden but they put nice Christmas decorations up. Yet regularly things kick off and it's really bad.

I wouldn't bat an eyelid at a domestic but it's too often and too bad to just be ok.

The police told us "They are known to other agencies" and we saw the SS turn up once a week for a couple of months before they dropped off the radar again.

Earlier this week, son overheard him in the garden threatening to make their new puppy "squeal" because it dug a hole - and sure enough yesterday they went out all day, left it locked in the cage (we can hear it barking and furiously scrabbling all day) and just 5 minutes before they returned, I heard something smash on their kitchen floor, after the dog was scrabbling in his cage... When they came in, I heard the dog squeal. I've never even heard a dog make that sound (their other dog was silent when they were kicking it). I rushed out with my phone to try and record it but it had stopped by the time I got out there... They have the luck of the devil.

Omg that's horrendous