To get involved in neighbour issues when they don’t concern me?

[Shadowboy]

I’m going to have to be a bit vague not to out myself.

I was looking back through the videos on our door camera for a completely different reason but while working though them saw one of the neighbours (who parks a leaky oily car on the road Instead of his own drive- causing other issues worthy of its own thread!) pour oil onto the neighbours (I’ll call her Alice) grass.

Randomly, the week before Alice and I had been chatting about her lawn dying and she couldn’t understand why?

The neighbour that poured the oil has form for being aggressive, so I would never admit that I caught him on camera.

I have three options tell Alice and show her the video but if she ever uses it; the angle from the camera makes it obvious it’s our house and I don’t want the aggressive neighbour to know it’s me who shopped it to Alice.

I could post an anonymous letter to aggressive oil neighbour saying he’s been seen doing it; but not mention who I am... or I could just leave it- but I’ll feel guilty now I know what’s killing Alice’s lawn. Plus, the thought of this guy just getting away with damaging other people’s property irks me.

Or do I tell Alice but tell her I can’t let her have the video? Or is there another option I haven’t considered.
Or do I just stay out of it completely?

Thanks all. I might say to her I saw him do it rather than saying it’s on camera and then suggest she gets her own. I’d feel comfortable doing that.

Can you give environmental health a call? Oil has to be specifically disposed of, so if he is pouring it on someone's lawn that's not on.

All these people telling you to give Alice the video or confront the bully neighbour do t have to live next door to him
I agree you should do something but be mindful of your own safety as well

I would show Alice the video bully neighbour or not. It is the right thing to do.

He’s doing this because he can get away with it and damn well knows it
Sent it to the police
He would be the first one to call the police if she did something to him or be violent against her
It may give him a fright to behave himself also then it’s on record
Going through something similar

You have to say something. Speak to your neighbour, show her the video and she will report it to the police.

The neighbour could escalate his harassment if unchallenged . Imagine what would have happened if god forbid someone I dropped a cigarette stub on something covered in oil?

Once he knows there is evidence against him and he is on police record, he also knows that if someone else happens in the neighbourhood they will know who is likely to be responsible...meaning it might stop him from doing anything else.

www.dunstabletoday.co.uk/news/heavy-fine-dumping-engine-oil-dunstable-989331

Report it, as I said above. Here is an article about what can happen from cctv footage.

I would tell Alice and give her the video. What is the oil pourer realistically going to do about it?