my neighbours threatned me !!

LegacyUser

This is very long please bear with me!!!

At the moment I am sitting in my living room in tears not knowing what to do. I moved to this estate 2 years ago- bought a cheap house and settled down happily. If I had known why the house was so cheap I would have never bought it!

The neighbours basically are all physcos, its like all the antisocial physcos were rounded into one square and I was unlucky enough to get landed here. The neighbours kids have no respect for anyones property and these are 8 year old kids, and talking to the parents about it is worse because in their eyes their kids are perfect and “How dare you accuse my baby bla bla bla.

These terrors took a dislike to me a few months after I moved in because a few of them decided that they wanted my dog- just wanted him for their own. I caught them climbling my garden walls at 10pm one night to take him( my dogs a little terrier who likes everyone so he wouldn’t bark at anyone coming in ). When I complaned to their parents I was called “a barren **** who hates anyone with kids”( um I have 2 grown kids) and was told “come back when you have proof".

Ever since then it’s a tyrrade against me, my windows have been blown in with slitiors, I had dog crap wiped on my patio door, someone cut my tv wires twice, i installed an alarm and it was ripped from the wall.

Then tonight I was actually attacked by a mother in the estate! Long story short I have a front gate, and it has a lock on it (long story but its on it for good reason and im entitled to have a lock on my own gate ) one of the kids in the estate decided he wanted to cycle his scooter in my front , and as he cant lift his scooter over my wall he decided to break my lock, so he starts walking at it with a hammer(where he got it I don’t know) I was in my bathroom when the banging started and I looked out the window and saw him , I ran downstarirs and when I opened my door he was lying on the ground screaming with blood on his face. Im assuming the hammer rebounded back into his head.

I ran over to his mother and brought her over, The child went to the hospital and that was that. This happened at about 7 this evening.

About a half an hour ago the door rang and it was the mother of the boy. When I answered the door she burst into my house and grabbed me up by the neck. She said that I was seen hitting her son with the hammer by her friend (mother of a boy who urinated in my garden last week funnily enough ) and that she was going to break into my house when I was asleep and slit my throat.

Im sitting here shaking!!!!

IrishEyes19

OP, this is abusive behaviour, I really suggest you talk to the Gardai about this, I understand you have no evidence as of now. But telling them the situation may serve you well. At least to make them aware of whats being happening to you.

I also suggest you move as soon as possible. I know you shouldnt have to run away from these bullies. But for your own well being, it may be best. Even if finanancially it would be a strain, nothing is more important than your own well being.

wild_cat

Contact or head down to your local Garda station as soon as you can. Is the estate completely private or a mix?

If they are council tenants get onto the council about them.

mikemac

They are bullies
Bullying doesn't stop when you leave school, happens in work with bosses, with land like farmers feuds and in estates like we see here

You haven't mentioned your husband. If you are on your own they might see you as an easy target

Keep a log with times and dates of everything.
Go the local garda station and make a report of the assualt.

There might be a community garda you can sit down and talk to.
Take their name and rank

But firstly report this and tell them you expect a letter with a PULSE reference number so they take you seriously.

Overheal

That sounds horrifying. You need to contact the Gards ASAP. This was a 999 call situation. Not a sleep on it and go in the morning situation. A deal with it now problem.

Moving out is tricky. It may not even be viable right now.

As for being grabbed by the neck - you are entitled to defend yourself. You don't have castle law but when someone grabs you by the neck and threatens your life you can take whatever immediate action necessary to defend yourself. A Gard can explain the particulars further.

Bullies attack perceptibly weak targets. But (proverbially) if you turn around and punch them right where it hurts, they're gonna back off. If kids are breaking into your backyard, yell at em. Scare the life out of them. Whatever. Parents, if they want to act abusive toward you, you just have to steel yourself and throw a little back at them. Bullies don't but rarely respond to politeness and all of that.

Also, if this bill: http://www.oireachtas.ie/documents/bills28/bills/2010/4210/B4210D.pdf is in effect now (check with a solicitor to see if this has been ratified) then that would give you the right to not only defend yourself but your property. Meaning if a little **** comes in to piss on your lawn, you can use reasonable physical force to expel him back onto the street.

tinkerbell

Go to the gardaí NOW. Don't wait any longer.

January

Hope you contacted the Garda and everything is ok today OP...

Hopefully you get this sorted