Neighbour threatened DH with a crowbar!

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Hi,

Just looking for a bit of advice really about what I can do in this situation.

Me,DH & our 3 children live in a council house (used to be a 3 story house but they converted it into a house and then a bedsit underneath.)

We have been here about 2 years, recently the council moved someone into the bedsit.

He is absolutely nuts. Had issues with him before making untrue allegations about my DH but last night he started on DH when he came in the back entrance to our house (the entrance to his bedsit is seperate and to the side of our back entrance).

He started shouting at DH so DH ignored him and come in.

Then when he got in the house he looked out our kitchen window which overlooks the bedsit garden and this guy was trying to climb over our fence to get into our garden!

DH went out to politely speak to him and he had a crowbar in his hand and threatened DH that he would ‘bury it in his head’. Also said he has other weapons he can use I.e a small axe!

I’ve contacted both the police and council about this as I feel we are unsafe in our own home with this behaviour from him! Our little girl was petrified to go to sleep after hearing him shouting etc!

anything else I can do? Feel like we are all living on our nerves!

Police have been out today and suggested we get a video camera by our back door that records as they are sure it will happen again as he’s got ‘drug induced psychosis’.

Why on Earth have the council let someone who’s mentally unstable live here knowing he is placing others at risk!?

Unfortunately there's nowhere for him to be placed so he's placed next to you.

Your dh must not engage at all with him, please get a ring doorbell and call the police every single time you feel threatened. Every time, you are not effectively the council's alarm system for this man.

It's ridiculous but that's where we are when psych wards are shut and there's no mental health facilities

You are now !

It’s absolutely shocking tbh that they think this is acceptable. I’m worried for all of our safety 😔

My DH generally ignores him so doesn’t antagonise him at all.

I used to be a housing support officer for tenants with mental health problems and used to go to police liaison meetings at which cases like this were regularly discussed. I suspect that the council had a statutory duty to house him and, with the shortage of social housing, they won't have had much choice as to where. It's not as though there are areas specially designated for people with mental health issues.

You've done the right thing in reporting him, and hopefully the police and council will now have a record of this incident. If you think he's too unwell to be living in the community, it may be worth reporting to the local community mental health team, in case he needs his medication reviewed or possibly a spell in hospital to get him stable. They won't be able to tell you anything, but you can ask them to make sure it's recorded so that it can be included in their risk assessment.

Keep a note of this, and any further incidents, and report each one.

I'm a bit shocked that the police disclosed his diagnosis to you. I would have thought that was a pretty serious breach of confidentiality.

I'm so sorry that you're dealing with such a scary situation. I would definitely get a ring doorbell and make sure you've got god strong locks on your doors. Keep reporting every incident to police and council. I hope you get a resolution soon 💐