AIBU to ask your advice on wether it's worth taking my Neighbours from hell to court?

[Totallyattheendofmyrope]

I've had threads on here about my neighbours from hell.
We've been threatened, sworn at harassed and our visitors harassed.
We have involved the police who initially wanted to issue a harassment order against said neighbours but were overruled by their superior officer who said " it never ends well in neighbour disputes"
The actual abuse has reduced significantly though we still endure low level harassment.
I'm keeping notes etc as recommended by the police.
I've pushed for mediation and have met with the mediator however neighbours are stalling and I doubt very much they will attend.
Currently the favourite form of harassment is to park their vehicles to make it quite difficult for me to park. I can get in and I can get out but I do dread weekends and I dread coming home as I'm always so anxious about what they will have done and will I be able to get in ok etc.
I have checked my deeds and they are blocking my "easement ' and it states in the deeds that no one is allowed to do anything to hinder another's ingress and egress.
Currently the neighbours are freely enjoying and utilising the easement I honour and provide them with on my land.
So- Aibu to consider starting legal proceedings or am I just feeding into their crazy?
What would you do?

Thanks again everyone for your continued advice

I emailed the officer and copied in the psco.
I said that I'd exhausted all steps that they had advised me to take and that it was unacceptable at this point for the onus to be on me to manage my neighbours behaviour.
I stated that I was entitled to support and protection in the same way as anyone who's being harassed and intimidated and the close proximinity of my abusers should not mean i have to tolerate it.
I thanked them for their emotional support but said it was now time to escalate the situation as neighbours have not adjusted the behaviour...so I'm currently waiting for the next incident.
I also asked for the name & badge number if the officer who vetoed the harassment order.
I included all the language you suggested.
Now I'll just have to see.

Good luck

Good luck OP. You've done the right thing, staying calm and collected. What a bunch of twats, who the fuck has the headspace for this shit!

Good on you op! Welldone for standing up for yourself

I hope you hear back from the police quickly, I really do wonder just what the wife and husband have said to each other to behave so appallingly towards ANYONE!

I hope you hear back from the police quickly, I really do wonder just what the wife and husband have said to each other to behave so appallingly towards ANYONE!

This!

Just a small update to all you lovely vipers who've kept me sane over the last 5 months .. bit of a weird one really..

I heard back from the original officer this morning, he acknowledged how much effort I had made etc and said he was forwarding my email to his sergeant. He said that he'd be back on duty in the 7th and he'd catch up with me then, he may just pop in, not sure. The officer was very professional and did all the usual things saying I should call 999 etc if I feel threatened. He did not give me the officers details that I had asked for but I suppose the sergeant may deal with that request.
I haven't heard from the PSCO that I'd copied in to the email but that may be because he was copied in iyswim.
Now to the weird bit...

On Friday night we returned home to the normal twatty and very aggressive parking. Neighbours ds was outside watching us...this isn't new... but it was different iyswim..as soon as we got out the car and our back was turned he ran indoors.
Dh and I came in and got the dog ready poor wee soul was sat crossed legs we went outside and what was happening.
Twat dh was rearranging the cars in a non aggressive manner
It appears the boy was on watch for us.

I'm not sure why he did this??? Answers on a postcard please ffs.

Anyway it's like a switch has been pulled. I darent say it really but honestly the atmosphere this weekend has really changed.
If you've lived through this kind of harassment you know you become very switched on to your harassers moods etc
Our dd's birthday party was on Sunday and we had a house full of friends and lovely dc and nobody was harassed.
The parking this weekend and even today is still twatty but not openly aggressive and the whole switcheroo business completely stopped????

From Friday night onwards nothing has happened. This has not happened in 5 months.

1. Has one of the officers spoke to them?

I.e. They didn't want to 'lose face' on Friday when we got home so parked aggressively , but in the same vein maybe didn't want the police to know they have been continuing their behaviour, so moved their cars, the police do drive by's you see ..

1. I felt that their behaviour escalated when the female felt unable to decline mediation..I suspected they were trying to goad us into a response to get out of it. It could be now that's not happened they've given up?

1. Or..they're just fucking with us.

Anyhoo...my dd had a wonderful party and it was great to feel relaxed and happy on our home.

Sorry for the epic post!!!

Tentatively saying that's great news OP! Long may it continue!

Glad your DD had a good party. Fingers crossed the peace continues.

Hopefully the ridiculousness is over, perhaps the Police have pointed out to them that they are creating this issue and making their home unsaleable...

How odd, but welcome nonetheless! I would still pursue the separate access but if you could sort that out in a better atmosphere that would be lovely....

Ahh ffs

You all know what's coming right??

Well tonight neighbour dh excelled himself.
My dd had 2 girlfriends round they were getting ready for their junior prom together.
Excitedly they got dressed and went round to my dd's friend to show her their outfits.

Twat neighbour dh hosed them

The girls said he was on his car on the drive and he stopped it in the middle of the drive and got out and ran and got the hose and sprayed them over the fence

That is assault.
I know someone who was prosecuted for similar.
That is really shocking. Poor girls.
Dd would have been heartbroken.
Take photos and call the police.

Phone the police the 3 girls can give separate statements versus his one denial...

What an utter bastard.

How old are the girls?

That literally made my jaw drop. Please call thile police, that is absolutely horrendous behaviour.

*the police, WTF autocorrect?!

Awful. Photos and police. Is it on your CCTV?

It's not on the cctv as they were walking past his house at the time...
The girls are 13 ... they're just leaving prep to go to senior school.

They dried each other off with the hairdryer and I took them

When I came back him and his wife were standing in the driveway to make it difficult for me to manoeuvre -
Of course it's no surprise my dh is gone.. every fucking time they do this it's when he's gone

Report it to the police!

I reported it.
They said someone may come out tonight or tommorow if they're busy.

He'll just say he was watering the plants though won't he?

Fucking nasty bastard.

Phone the police, that is assault. Awful awful.

We all HATE your neighbour. Let us at him!!! to do that to some young girls, oh he is so going to get into trouble now, he will have pissed off those kids' parents when they hear so make sure they complain too.

I've found out where he works.

He's just been promoted to head of operations.
They have an employee behaviour expectation.
I'm calling tommorow to make an appointment to speak to the company director who's also a solicitor and in charge of ethics.