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They put 2 balls in my mums garden tonight, 2 balls a few days back. They usually average 4 balls per week, sometimes more. Thats about £50 worth.
My mums in her 70's and cant throw them over a 6 foot fence, so they are sitting in her garden tucked away.
Went down the local police station tonight, and asked to speak with a PSCO. Explained the situation, the receptionist was helpful and said that as its a safety issue they'll have to look into it, the likely outcome being they'll go round and have a chat with him to stop.
It would be very easy in this situation for me to have a go at him, but right now the law is in my favor. If I loose my cool that might not be the case so much. Very important to remember that in these situations.
A walls definitely going up ASAP though. Big tree also.
You're wasting valuable poloce time on this nonsense?
More worryingly the police are actually wasting time on this nonsense?!
(make sure you get planning permission for both
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? It IS perfectly acceptable to use a fence as a goal.The problem is that foreigners living in the UK tend to behave as though they are still in their own country.
Remember all the issues around Polish immigrants dumping all their waste outside the front of their houses?. They did it because back in Poland that was the norm as every day the waste collector would collect the waste and take it away, so the Polish assumed it was the same over here until the local Councils started to educate them.
In your neighbours home country it might be acceptable behavior to use a fence as a goal. Until someone in authority educates them otherwise, then they will not seeing as an issue.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Technically she could call the police and say it's assault ... because it is really. That'd make them !!!!!!.
No, no it's not. It an accident. Get a grip0 -
What other advice do you want? Kids play football and sometimes kick it over the fence. That's called LIFE
I disagree. It's life if it happens 1/2 times and is then rectified - after that it's nuisance and nonsense.
If I had a hobby that lobbed random items into the gardens of neighbours, after the second time I'd be standing and scratching my head thinking "This isn't right. I must fix this. I can't be a nuisance to people and I dislike going and asking to retrieve it".... and I'd work out a solution so that I wasn't lobbing random items into the gardens of others.
It's the thin end of the wedge when it comes to disrespect. Disrespect for others, for the rights of others, for social cohesion and community spirit. It's verging on feral ... and the kid is being taught poor citizenship skills.0 -
No, no it's not. It an accident. Get a grip
Yes OTT... but the OP needs a solution that the neanderthal next door will understand.
For every action there is a reaction.
The knuckle dragger isn't listening. Old people shouldn't be assaulted by foreign objects in their own back garden on a daily basis. Nobody should.
What, if, say, it were a new born baby lying in a pram in the garden? Should people not be allowed to sit in their own gardens and invite babies, small children, animals over "in case"? Should they not be able to enjoy fragile garden ornaments and greenhouses, "because"?
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You're wasting valuable poloce time on this nonsense?
More worryingly the police are actually wasting time on this nonsense?!
(make sure you get planning permission for both )
It's not nonsense, it's legitimate problem involving someone's right to a reasonable use of their amenities.
Exactly the type of pro-active policing that probably saves them work in the long term.
What would you rather they were doing, paperwork?0 -
? It IS perfectly acceptable to use a fence as a goal.
Again, I disagree. It is perfectly acceptable to use YOUR OWN fence as a goal, if you wish to pay the landlord for the damage, or pay to replace your own fence, that's a right.
It is not acceptable to use somebody else's fence as a goal because you were too tight or idle to put up your own fence for the purpose.
It is further NOT acceptable to continually cause nuisance to neighbours by the incessant kicking of balls over the fence and damaging garden items, property and persons daily.
Indeed, some might even "do it on purpose" as they are !!!!!! bullies who gain great glee from ruining the lives of those closest to them. This could, in some cases, be regarded as a "hate crime" if it's done with malice.0 -
You're wasting valuable poloce time on this nonsense? )
I think the police still have the right to decide for themselves what is time-wasting, what requires some response and what that action might be.
Not sure about the poloce.
I doubt if they will send an armed unit, but maybe just a PCSO having a word would have some effect on the situation.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Again, I disagree. It is perfectly acceptable to use YOUR OWN fence as a goal, if you wish to pay the landlord for the damage, or pay to replace your own fence, that's a right. - So remove the fence and let them put their own up.
It is not acceptable to use somebody else's fence as a goal because you were too tight or idle to put up your own fence for the purpose. - Most people don't even know how fence ownership works, they think it's something to do with boundaries. and the OP wont even have a conversation with them.
It is further NOT acceptable to continually cause nuisance to neighbours by the incessant kicking of balls over the fence and damaging garden items, property and persons daily. - They're CHILDREN. They aren't doing it deliberately.
Indeed, some might even "do it on purpose" as they are !!!!!! bullies who gain great glee from ruining the lives of those closest to them. This could, in some cases, be regarded as a "hate crime" if it's done with malice.
A hate crime? No.0 -
I think the police still have the right to decide for themselves what is time-wasting, what requires some response and what that action might be.
Not sure about the poloce.
I doubt if they will send an armed unit, but maybe just a PCSO having a word would have some effect on the situation.
Or, and it's radical, but it just might work.... go and talk to them yourselves.....0
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