Hello all,
Will try to keep this as brief as I can but there's some detail and I don't want to miss anything important. Please kindly advise, I'm in completely unchartered territory here and I'm really upset about this whole thing.
Bought our house a year ago. Me, DH and our 1 year old. Typical working class, family filled estate. Some antisocial people once in a blue moon like most places, but generally a very quiet estate.
Since we moved in, we've had the police at our door 4/5 times, all because of our neighbour. Single, older male, living alone.
He had letters of abuse posted through his door when we first moved here. Police insisted it's a personal incident and no risk of harm to us.
Then, more police presence outside his home. Watching his house, in his house over the months. We've said nothing beyond greetings to him. A few other incidents where they ask if we heard him fighting with someone in his home, we didn't. We later heard knocking on our wall, we reported it to 101 and they told us to ring 999 if this happens again. We thought this was a bit extreme, is it? We assumed they meant in that time, not just generally.
A few weeks ago I get a knock at 9pm from the police. Same Neighbour has been assaulted on his drive and in his home. They insist it is again an internal incident and nothing for us to feel threatened by despite my voiced concerns.
Then, two days later, his windows are smashed out. The police are back around, again insisting it is all related. At this point I am explicitly telling the police I am incredibly concerned about where we've moved to and who is living next door. They say they'll have more police coverage and will ensure they keep an eye on us too, but that it really is all connected and nothing that will involve us.
I have recently been told by another person with much more experience in our area that this man was outed online recently as being a child s*x offender and generally a very mentally unwell man. Address included on the post, allegedly hence the attacks. This post has since been deleted, I haven't seen it.
I was then told he terrorised the previous owners here by braying on their door and wall, and does similar to his other neighbour. This might add up with the request for us to ring 999 if we hear him knocking?
This brings me to now. He's just been braying on my sons wall half an hour ago. Loud enough to wake a heavily sleeping toddler and set off his white noise machine (which isn't always the most sensitive). I was about to ring the police but what if he is just doing DIY? Do I ring 101 and report it as a precaution or am I wasting police time for reporting what could easily be explained as DIY?
FYI, under Sarah's Law, I have requested details on if this man is indeed a listed offender, but won't find out for up to 45 days. My mind is spiralling. Did the last owners not need to inform us of an abusive neighbour? I really don't know. Please advise me if you can, TIA xx