chamb
08-Nov-06, 12:17
My family have lived on the same street for nearly 40 years, with alot of good memories, up until a few months ago there has been nothing but sleepless nights.
I have to be honest and say the sleepless nights have not been had by me, i no longer live in the house i grew up in, but my mother does.
She is classed as an OAP, she is a widdower since my dad died 8 years ago, she had to learn to live on her own since i moved out 5 years ago, she was getting on good, she knew she was safe in her own home.
As i said before up until a few month ago is when the trouble started? One of her neighbours was charged with interfearing with a child/children? and got off lightly realy some community service.
That was around April May time i think, then in September was when the real trouble started the first instance of trouble was when nameless people tried to deposit a wheelie bin in a closed back door to the house which is ajoined to my mum. Well to say she was scared shed hadnt a clue what was happening she thought some one was trying to get in her back door the house vibrated so much.
Since that night she has had a telephone installed upstairs, and made sure she had everyones numbers at the ready.
Then a couple of weeks later the front window of the neightbours house was smashed that was about 11 o'clock at night again my mum had just gone to her bed, again scared to the state that she couldnt console herself. She had phoned me, and at that time the police were involved , but nothing seen or seen to be done.
The window was repaired by the council. as the nieghbour in in a council property. The window was only fixed 7 or 8 hours at the most and it was broken again, thankfully my mum was away at this time. But still nothing or know one seen.
Again the window was fixed by the council!!!
Again the window i broken, this time there was 3 or 4 days in between it being fixed and broken again, but this time the window in a pannel that is beside the door was also broken, now this is what scares my mum most that pannel is 3 feet from my mums living room window, and whos to say that they are always going to have there aim correct.
Again the windows were fixed.
Since then there has been large stones found in my mums front garden that have apeared from know where, is that atempts that have gone wrong or a wrong aim??
How long before it goes so wrong that its my mums house they get or they take it a step further than breaking windows? you just dont know how far they will go.
Yet again the window was broken there on saturday night just passed.
If i am honest with you, i have nothing against the neighbour, and until he pleeded guilty to what he was charged with i never in a million years believed it, but i now wonder why would you plead guilty when he could have all the legal aid to fight it????????
We have made our feelings known to the highland council, and made it clear that it is my mums safety that we are worried about, and her health it is doing her no good wondering what will happen next? She has every right to keep her house as its private, so why is she feeling forced to sell, then on the other hand she is not going to get market value if prospective buyers know the goings on.
There is numerous people in the street who are widdowers, or have young children that just dont need thiss happening.
Nothing can be done say the council, everyone has a right to live where thay want. Others from the street have been in touch with John Thurso, who has been seen to neglect the matter.
My view is what has to happen to my mum or any one else in the street before the council will take note? I have sugested going to the papers but again what authority do they have.
Why not move him, well the council say where could they put him that it isnt going to cause problems, i know that in the area i am talking about there is 3 males altogether that are on the sex offenders register, and some are worse offences than that of my mums neighbour but the worry is the way people are targeting him, when he ajoined to my mum.
Is there anyone out there that can help, we need solid advice that is going to help us. Even if anyone knows of the people doing the damage to the neighbour just want to put an end to it for my mums sake, know one should feel unhappy in a home they have brought family up in had such great memories in.
I have to be honest and say the sleepless nights have not been had by me, i no longer live in the house i grew up in, but my mother does.
She is classed as an OAP, she is a widdower since my dad died 8 years ago, she had to learn to live on her own since i moved out 5 years ago, she was getting on good, she knew she was safe in her own home.
As i said before up until a few month ago is when the trouble started? One of her neighbours was charged with interfearing with a child/children? and got off lightly realy some community service.
That was around April May time i think, then in September was when the real trouble started the first instance of trouble was when nameless people tried to deposit a wheelie bin in a closed back door to the house which is ajoined to my mum. Well to say she was scared shed hadnt a clue what was happening she thought some one was trying to get in her back door the house vibrated so much.
Since that night she has had a telephone installed upstairs, and made sure she had everyones numbers at the ready.
Then a couple of weeks later the front window of the neightbours house was smashed that was about 11 o'clock at night again my mum had just gone to her bed, again scared to the state that she couldnt console herself. She had phoned me, and at that time the police were involved , but nothing seen or seen to be done.
The window was repaired by the council. as the nieghbour in in a council property. The window was only fixed 7 or 8 hours at the most and it was broken again, thankfully my mum was away at this time. But still nothing or know one seen.
Again the window was fixed by the council!!!
Again the window i broken, this time there was 3 or 4 days in between it being fixed and broken again, but this time the window in a pannel that is beside the door was also broken, now this is what scares my mum most that pannel is 3 feet from my mums living room window, and whos to say that they are always going to have there aim correct.
Again the windows were fixed.
Since then there has been large stones found in my mums front garden that have apeared from know where, is that atempts that have gone wrong or a wrong aim??
How long before it goes so wrong that its my mums house they get or they take it a step further than breaking windows? you just dont know how far they will go.
Yet again the window was broken there on saturday night just passed.
If i am honest with you, i have nothing against the neighbour, and until he pleeded guilty to what he was charged with i never in a million years believed it, but i now wonder why would you plead guilty when he could have all the legal aid to fight it????????
We have made our feelings known to the highland council, and made it clear that it is my mums safety that we are worried about, and her health it is doing her no good wondering what will happen next? She has every right to keep her house as its private, so why is she feeling forced to sell, then on the other hand she is not going to get market value if prospective buyers know the goings on.
There is numerous people in the street who are widdowers, or have young children that just dont need thiss happening.
Nothing can be done say the council, everyone has a right to live where thay want. Others from the street have been in touch with John Thurso, who has been seen to neglect the matter.
My view is what has to happen to my mum or any one else in the street before the council will take note? I have sugested going to the papers but again what authority do they have.
Why not move him, well the council say where could they put him that it isnt going to cause problems, i know that in the area i am talking about there is 3 males altogether that are on the sex offenders register, and some are worse offences than that of my mums neighbour but the worry is the way people are targeting him, when he ajoined to my mum.
Is there anyone out there that can help, we need solid advice that is going to help us. Even if anyone knows of the people doing the damage to the neighbour just want to put an end to it for my mums sake, know one should feel unhappy in a home they have brought family up in had such great memories in.