Neighbours child rummaging through our bins

grundie · 15-06-2018 12:54PM #1

This is a bit of an odd problem. Partly social/partly legal.

Two days ago (Wed) as I was leaving for work I noticed a dead rat on the pavement outside our house. It had blood on its nose, which would indicate it had been poisoned and left it's nest to die. Not wanting to just leave it there, I got some rubber gloves, sprayed it with bleach, bagged it an old compost bag and put it in out bin. We don't have a rodent problem in our house and as far as we know neither do our adjacent neighbours.

Last night a neighbour from a few doors down called round to us, he was angry. He told me that his son found a rat in our bin. The bin was on our property well away from any publicly accessible area. His son is eight and is known for not respecting the privacy of peoples gardens.

I responded to his complaint by asking why on earth his son was rifling through other peoples bins, and why he wasn't bothered by that. He wasn't answering that, he just wanted me to explain why there was a rat in our bin and was ranting about us bringing rats in to the area.

After five minutes I told him I'd had enough and asked him to leave. He said he'd be calling the council.

Last night my son told me that word of the rat has got around and other children were calling him the rat boy amongst other rat themed slurs. Also myself and my wife have been approached by some other neighbours expressing concern. The neighbour has been going around telling others that we are attracting rats. It's a rumour that is slowly taking on a life of its own.

I'm not quite sure what to do in this situation. I am tempted to speak to a solicitor and ask them to send my neighbour a letter kindly requesting they stop spreading false information, but that seems impractical.

Is there a legal approach to preventing this getting worse, or should we just wait for it to pass?

Ghekko · 16-06-2018 09:58PM

You’re neighbours are all dicks. We live near a river and have 2 cats to keep rats/mice away. Nobody in the estate would bat an eyelid if they saw one in each other’s property. One weapon wrote to the council about the rats and we all got a letter instructing us to be careful with food waste etc. It was the stupid neighbor herself who was attracting them with bird tables in her garden right beside the river. Ignore your daft neighbors or maybe print out a bit of info on the population of rats and shove it in their letterboxes. And while you’re at it add a paragraph about the legality of trespassing!

AndyBoBandy · 16-06-2018 10:04PM

Honestly, I’d be leaving more weird sh1t in the bin for the kid to find!!

Go get a fake arm or leg, or even a head with wig etc.., cover it in blood and leave it in your bin for the kid to ‘find’.

Little fcuker will hopefully have nightmares about it for years!!

4ensic15 · 16-06-2018 10:11PM

The reality is that the kid left the rat at your gate and watched you put it in the bin. Nobody was rummaging in your bin.

fritzelly · 16-06-2018 10:15PM

The neighbour would probably freak out if he ever used the tube in London
He should read up on rats - they are everywhere!
But that kid needs to be taught a few things about going in other peoples bins, urghh

khaldrogo · 16-06-2018 10:38PM

Its the world we live in nowadays....... Its never the kids fault in the parents eyes anymore....... Its like the little Shiites throwing snowballs at my windows.....when I let a roar at them I realized one of them was the father.......he got angry at me for having the cheek to stop the kids........

Peregrinus · 18-06-2018 04:49AM

Basically, this isn't a legal problem.

Your neighbours are idiots, and they assume because the rat ended up in your bin, you're attracting the rats. Plus, they have no clue about how ubiquitous rats are.

There's no point in taking issue with their child rummaging through your bin. Doing so, even successfully, does nothing to address the fundamental problem which is your neighbours' ignorance and idiocy and, to the extent that it sustains or exacerbates bad feeling between you, it makes them more likely, not less likely, to go around saying nasty things about you.

harr · 18-06-2018 05:30AM

I find it very odd everyone is making such a huge issue about a rat..
We have a field back of our houses and on the odd occasion we would get a rat but normally the cats would sort it out and sometimes the cat would drop it at back door and it would end up in bin.
So In fact maybe it was a cat kill but as suggested it sounds more like the kid knew it was in your bin and his parents made an issue out of it.
The whole situation sounds bizarre..
Turn the tables and tell all the neighbors to watch this family as they have the kids rummaging around bins looking for personal information.
If they keep it up tell them you will call guards next time the kid enters your property.

18-06-2018 06:00AM

4ensic15 wrote: »

The reality is that the kid left the rat at your gate and watched you put it in the bin. Nobody was rummaging in your bin.

I’d be inclined to agree with this. It’s possible you’re being set up in some way.

Are you new to the estate?

Do you have an education?

Can you spell your name?

Can you speak proper? :pac:

If yes to any of the above it’s likely your neighbour is resentful of you considering their actions so far.

PlaneSpeeking · 18-06-2018 06:16AM

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Honestly, I’d be leaving more weird sh1t in the bin for the kid to find!!

Go get a fake arm or leg, or even a head with wig etc.., cover it in blood and leave it in your bin for the kid to ‘find’.

Little fcuker will hopefully have nightmares about it for years!!

Haven't actually read the rest of the posts but just had to stop by to give this one a high high five!!!!!

If you know anyone in a hospital - medical waste. Little Jayyden or Jaxxson won't be so cute then!!!

Mr.Crinklewood · 18-06-2018 06:27AM

PlaneSpeeking wrote: »

Haven't actually read the rest of the posts but just had to stop by to give this one a high high five!!!!!

If you know anyone in a hospital - medical waste. Little Jayyden or Jaxxson won't be so cute then!!!

..or just leave a note in the bin stating that Santa is dead.

Mod
Am concerned about some other posts re leaving scary items in bins but imho no pit in hell is deep or hot enough for whoever would state that to an eight year old.

Could we keep to legal discussion re trespass by kids?

PlaneSpeeking · 18-06-2018 06:45AM

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

..or just leave a note in the bin stating that Santa is dead.

Yes!!!

AndyBoBandy · 18-06-2018 08:44AM

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

..or just leave a note in the bin stating that Santa is dead.

Or put a white beard and a red Santa hat on the fake head from my previous suggestion.

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PlaneSpeeking · 18-06-2018 09:13AM

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We're evil lol!!!!

Seth Brundle · 18-06-2018 09:20AM

You'd want to get yourself a decent rat trap...
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MpjIgRXLVh4/TgSzSpx2RHI/AAAAAAAAEj4/jiFjLGep9A0/s1600/Grizzly+Trap-50307.jpg

Johnboy1951 · 18-06-2018 11:34AM

... a blood-covered 'jack-in-the-box' in the bin, primed to go when lid opened .....

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nuac · 18-06-2018 12:03PM

Mod
Can we get back to some legal discussion, pls

Neighbours child rummaging through our bins

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