History

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X's neighbours (JB & MB), their nearby friends (NB & SL) and their builder (LC) have subjected X to the following since 2021:

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• Noise 

• Rudeness 

• Slander

• Aggressive Behaviour 

• Threats of Violence 

• Actual Violence 

• Theft

• Persistent Harassment 

 

It also seems that these people (LC, JB, MB, NB & SL) may have been acting in joint enterprise. They know each other well and have spent a lot of time together. They would have found it easy to encourage each other. LC may also have had a big influence on them because of the behaviour associated with his previous convictions (coercive control etc.). 

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X has done nothing to warrant this bullying other than ask them to stop their unneighbourly behaviour. He has never acted aggressively or been rude. Their communications, either in person or by email, have been firm and reasonable, making it plain what they are unhappy about. Even when giving them hard truths X has acted as calmly as possible. (All email communications have been retained.)

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The problems commenced in the autumn of 2021 when JB & MB agreed to LC building a huge decking overlooking X's garden which needed planning permission because it was not permitted development. JB has previously applied for planning permission for other projects and would have known what was involved.

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X went over to inspect the work being done to ask LC to be less vulgar and to reduce his noise. He needed to know that he was working very close by and that he didn't like the way he had been behaving. He expected him to see that what he was asking for was reasonable and then apologise. When he approached LC he instead threatened me with his fists. This was shocking and completely unexpected. He later realised that he must have thought he would go on to criticise LC for starting the work without planning permission. He has had to assume that his threatening behaviour was because he feared he might lose the work if the council was informed. Most disconcerting of all was that MB had been led to believe by LC that he had been aggressive to him. This was a huge red flag. He reported that he had been firm but fair and in no way aggressive. LC had somehow convinced her that he was entirely innocent. Something was wrong here. As next door neighbours they had previously got on with MB & JB. The sudden change was astonishing.

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He subsequently took professional advice and as a result managed after some difficulty to negotiate a workable solution with the neighbours.  

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The builder (LC) for several weeks proceeded to harass him in the street. He do not understand why he needed to do this.  X ignored him but it was very threatening. X was told his full name by JB shortly after they agreed on a fence to conceal the decking. Imagine X's shock when he discovered in the national press that he was a violent convicted criminal.  He advised the neighbours that he was potentially dangerous and that X wasn't happy at all with him working next door to them. They had discovered that he had a criminal record for violence and had been sent to prison. This advice was completely ignored. This was incredible. X began to wonder what kind of relationship did they actually have with LC. MB at one point said that she thought he should have been found not guilty of the crime of coercive control and harassment. They continued to retain him throughout the whole of the following year. And they kept him working next door even after his assault. This is beyond comprehension.

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X then became the subject of excessive noise from the next door neighbours, at all times of the day and often late at night. 

JB & MB's children and those of NB & SL were allowed to run wild on the decking without supervision, making excessive noise sometimes late into the evening. Even when the parents were themselves outside on their new decking they appeared to be drinking a lot and became very noisy as a result. They were repeatedly asked to be considerate to their neighbours.

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Then NB & SL became fully involved. X's partner’s car was damaged by SL, NB’s partner. She hit the parked vehicle and proceeded to drive off in the hope they wouldn’t be find out. X believes she may have subsequently been cautioned by the police.

Then NB harassed X & partner late one night at their front door because he didn’t like the complaints about their behaviour. X believes he may well have been instructed by the police themselves to stop his harassment of us, because he has since stopped.

A screw was then inserted in a tyre of X's partner's car. X and partner travelled on this for over an hour without realising it. It is pretty obvious from the length of time it took to deflate that it was done on the night NB came over to harass.

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In the heat of the summer they were constantly covered in JB & MB’s BBQ smoke. The BBQ was placed on their new decking, very near by, and caused a lot of problems due to the smoke. Washing couldn’t be left outside. They had to go inside instead of enjoying time in their garden.

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Instead of apologising they were rudely told by JB to shut their windows if they didn’t like the noise and smoke. The summer of 2022 was the hottest year ever.

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JB & MB decided during COVID to acquire two dogs which unfortunately barked very loudly. They let them bark all of the time. They seemed to think that this wasn't a problem because they thought they could do what they liked in their own garden. X had to inform them of the law, in particular that of Statutory Nuisance.

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In July 2022 X had a very public row with JB & MB  in the street outside. JB didn’t like X's use of CCTV. X had repeatedly told JB that they had been installed to protect them from the risk of LC acting in a criminal manner. He accused X of spying on his children. X had to remind him firmly that they were needed because of his employment of LC who had become a direct threat to us.  They were there to record his appearances. X also asked him once more to stop his spotlight pointing straight at their front door.

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On the  morning of October 15th 2022, the day LC assaulted X, LC arrived to trim a hedge in the neighbour's garden.  It was around a year since his harassment of X had begun. He has a very noisy petrol driven hedge trimmer. The noise was very loud. X's neighbours were out. X decided to take a risk and approach him to ask him how long he was likely to be. This is when he started his next tirade of abuse beginning with “Oh, you’ve decided to talk to me then, have you?”  X said “No, I only want to know how long you’re going to be.”. X was then put on the receiving end of yet more of his overwhelming verbal diarrhoea.  And X was left thinking; "I just want to live my life peacefully. Why the hell am I experiencing all this? I feel so unsafe. He can't stop. What the hell is wrong with him?" 

When X spoke to him he recorded his dialogue on his phone. These recordings are securely saved and available if needed.

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Then, that afternoon, X was assaulted by LC. X was in shock, in fact he was flabbergasted. He started to abuse X the moment X asked him to move his van that was completely blocking his car in. He proceeded to push at him and knocked him over. He knelt on him and wrestled X's phone out of his hands. He called out for help. He asked for his phone back. He just shouted abuse at him. His glasses had been taken too. They were later found smashed. 

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When X's partner asked him to give back the phone he drove his van directly at her whilst hurling more vitriolic abuse.

LC's bail conditions meant that he wasn't allowed to communicate with X but he could still work even if it meant him working next door. So when he turned up the very next day you can imagine X's shock and surprise.

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Despite all that had gone on, and perhaps even more shocking than the assault, he still somehow got the next door neighbours to agree to let him finish off the work he had been doing.   Their own neighbour had been assaulted!  This meant him parking his van and working right next door close to the front gate of X's house immediately after he was released from being arrested. For X this was just too much. 

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Why the neighbours agreed to him continuing his work, no-one knows or understands. 

They allowed him to park his van right at the entrance to X's front door making it difficult to exit their house without walking right by him. They must have known that this would be threatening but they allowed it to happen. This behaviour is unforgivable.

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Questions have already been raised regarding the nature of the relationship between MB and LC. There was no justification for his assault on X. He had deliberately blocked X's car in. He asked him to move it. X gave him no cause to attack him. Given his previous convictions he was at grave risk of being given another prison sentence.   The fact that MB chose to defend LC at his assault trial raises the nature of their relationship to new heights. What does she see in him?

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The most distressing aspect is their involvement with LC. Despite his criminal convictions for violence, coercive control and harassment, and the addition of his assault on X they have maintained an unaccountable loyalty to him which continued for months after his conviction.

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Current Situation

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X has since joined Neighbourhood Watch, put up a NW sign and made it very clear to them what this means. They know too that any antisocial behaviour by them is filed in a police report which will be made available to the authorities if they give cause.

Thankfully the noise has reduced considerably. They control the dogs. They have curtailed their bad behaviour. We are able to enjoy living in their own home and being outside in their garden once more.​

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X & partner try to have as little as possible to do with them. They have exhibited behaviour which is completely out of character to the local neighbourhood.  It has taken all this upset to have them understand that they cannot do just what they want by way of noise and disturbance.

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JB has shown no contrition and continues to be aggressive, rude and volatile. He refuses to see what he has done wrong.

Their friend NB now behaves himself and is rarely seen. Long may it remain so.

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LC has not been seen since he finally raised a fence to a height which finally blocked JB’s spotlight pointing straight at X's front door.

​The matter of whether their aggression and harassment will reappear once more remains unresolved.

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It is a matter of fact that X & his partner have never behaved aggressively towards them. X is a trained in NLP which is the basis of much police training in how to handle difficult situations. 

 

Next Steps

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This report will be made available if it should become necessary to get in touch with the authorities because of a change in their behaviour e.g.

 

• Harassment or abuse by JB

• An appearance of any kind by LC

• Threatening behaviour from NB 

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Identities will be made known as and when necessary. This webpage is unfindable by search engines. The page is only viewable by those who have the URL.

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2026 ASB Data - from X's own continuing record concerning ongoing ASB behaviour

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14/1/26 Exceptionally loud unsupervised noise by children

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7/3/26 He's back.  LC high pressure hosing. Very noisy industrial level machine. JB not present.

LC is a criminal. The B's are sick people with no moral values. Michelle believes Coleman is innocent of coercive control for which he was sent to prison. She doesn't even protect her own gender!

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3/4/26 6.30am Woken up by loud banging noises. JB and MB making the noise. More antisocial behaviour.

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7/4/26 Dogs barking too much. 

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18/4/26 The parents are outside. No attempt at control. Barking on and off all day.

Uncontrolled children shouting constantly. No attempt to respect neighbours. NB with them - their dog is out of control.

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24/4/26 Unsupervised children making a hell of a racket. Then they turned on loud music. The three loud bangs by X stopped the music. 

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25/4/26 7.30am Incredible children outside shouting. Where are the parents?

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25/4/26 More barking - Out of control - all they do is scream at them - one bang on the fence sent the message to say enough - they are such inconsiderate neighbours. Why don't they care about their reputation?

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23/5/26 Dogs barking - More barking - only stopped by her when I made her aware of my presence. How long would it have gone on if I hadn't. They've been told about Statutory Nuisance. It's like having to deal with immature teenagers; always pushing the boundaries. This noise is right next door to us. This noise is a constant disturbance.

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20/6/26 Excessive Barking - Went on for too long. Too loud. Impossible to sit outside. Pissed off. 

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20/6/26 They have no control over their dogs. Impossible to be outside. At what point should I report them to the council. Have we got there yet.? Don't know. What do we do? They are so rude. No point in trying to talk to them.

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28/6/26 JB - For no reason I can think of - called me a fucking wanker. I do not know why. He must have been drunk. I had walked past the bottom of his house. There was a plastic lid lying on the path which I moved with my foot. I walked a further 50 metres on when he then shouted the insult out.

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11/7/26 LC shows up - cutting JB's hedge - having this violent criminal right next door! - Beyond belief - JB is the oddest neighbour I have ever known.​​​​​

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