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Katie272 · 09/08/2021 10:54

I live in small block of ten flats, it is temporary accommodation so neighbours are coming and going and during my time here there has been several new neighbours. The walls are literally paper thin, there's not a solid wall in here and there is a flat either side of me and underneath me. You can hear everything from someone coughing in another flat to someone switching on a plug socket.

Probably about 6 months back now me and my partner were lying in bed and we heard someone arguing loudly followed by the lad saying "just get up" so he went and knocked the door that he thought it was to see if they were ok. This was about 3am but wasn't the first time we'd heard arguing. It stopped after that but someone had obviously called the police because about half hour later they were knocking on my door, saying it had been reported to be coming from here. I let them in and they spoke to both of us separately and took the details of the baby. I sent them to the flat that I assumed it was coming from but they said everyone had denied it.

Well Sunday morning, it happened again, police knocked my door. We're all self isolating due to having covid, it was early in the morning so I ignored the door (maybe this was the wrong thing to do but I'm becoming so sick of neighbours reporting each other for petty things). The neighbours all smoke so they're all often out there together whereas I don't smoke and I literally speak to none of them, I very much keep myself to myself and the one girl I did speak to has moved out. This morning the door knocked again and it was the police, I've spoken to them through the window (I'm on the top floor) so they've taken my details from the window, I gave them names and once again they asked for my child's name and date of birth. Does anyone know what they actually do with these details? I don't mind them taking my name as they've spoken to me but I worry when it comes to my son as he's a baby, he's perfectly safe, healthy and happy. I know it's probably a safe guarding thing if anything was to actually happen but I'm just worried because these past 2 times have been false accusations of where the arguing was coming from :(

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FortunesFave · 09/08/2021 11:25

OP if it really was from another address, all you need to do is work with the police OR social services if they come...and tell them the truth.

If it was you guys, well, you should listen to what the social workers tell you and follow their instructions.

FortunesFave · 09/08/2021 11:25

I meant to say...it may mean that you're going to get contacted from Social Services.

Katie272 · 09/08/2021 11:49

Thank you, see I don't know whether they may have actually spoken to everyone in the block and it's just me over thinking it. I know for sure the first time they did because they left and then came back and told me they're struggling to get the truth out of anyone. I'm just an over thinker, if anyone contacted me it's absolutely fine I'd work with them so they could see it genuinely was not here and we're all safe. Was just panicking that having that against my name and having my son could somehow go against me

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FortunesFave · 10/08/2021 03:16

If more than one person links your house to the disruption/argument then they will assume it was you.

If they think your son is in a home with domestic violence, then they will intervene.

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