Neighbour shooting crossbow in back garden

AndyMc.....

arcon5 wrote: »

Your an idiot if you think the police will not take action until somebody is killed or injured. You cannot just fire life threatening weapons on to somebody else's property!!


Just call 999 next time it comes on to your property op. He'll soon realise he can't just do as he pleases when he's arrested by armed officers. Don't wait for somebody to get killed by it before this happens.

Until that happens, what can the police do?

marliepanda

AndyMc..... wrote: »

Until that happens, what can the police do?

From the OP it appears it already IS going into the garden when he misses...

Further down it has been asked how frequently but I cannot see an answer to that, but frequency shouldnt really matter.

AndyMc.....

marliepanda wrote: »

From the OP it appears it already IS going into the garden when he misses...

Further down it has been asked how frequently but I cannot see an answer to that, but frequency shouldnt really matter.

The op has seen a couple of marks on the gate they assume are bolt marks. Have the actually seen one come over the fence?

marliepanda

AndyMc..... wrote: »

The op has seen a couple of marks on the gate they assume are bolt marks. Have the actually seen one come over the fence?

The target is next to my fence so if the neighbour misses, the bolt hits the side of the fence and if he overshoots the fence (it's a standard 6ft wooden panel fence) the crossbow lands in my garden (or hits my back gate).
We asked him to move the target away so if he misses it doesn't go into our garden but he said he can do whatever he wants... Any advice is welcome.

To me that reads as if the bolt is going into the garden.

AndyMc.....

marliepanda wrote: »

To me that reads as if the bolt is going into the garden.

Have they seen it happen?

Norman_Castle

DCFC79 wrote: »

So should the OP just stay in the house then, its not right that the OP is feeling threatened by the neighbour.

No, its not right, but its not an emergency. The op isn't feeling threatened. They are worried a stray bolt may hit them, this can be avoided by staying out of parts of the garden.

Oakdene

marliepanda wrote: »

To me that reads as if the bolt is going into the garden.

I don't know, I thought the same as you but the OP used the word 'if' he overshoots rather than 'when'.

Andy_L

Call the non-emergency number for your local police or PCSO liaison officer.

I shoot an air rifle in my back garden but, as you're in a whole world of hurt if a pellet leaves you property, let alone hurts someone as well, I shoot towards the house avoiding the risk

MataNui

Andy_L wrote: »

Call the non-emergency number for your local police or PCSO liaison officer.

I shoot an air rifle in my back garden but, as you're in a whole world of hurt if a pellet leaves you property, let alone hurts someone as well, I shoot towards the house avoiding the risk

Nope. Air rifles are covered by completely different legislation. Its not even remotely the same thing. If your pellet leaves your private land and goes over a boundary onto public or someone else s land that is a criminal offense and covered under firearms legislation. If an arrow leaves your land then its not a criminal offense. Its a civil matter of damage if any is caused. This even applies if someone is injured. Its not a crime unless its proven to be a deliberate act then would need to be prosecuted as something like assault.

AndyMc.....

MataNui wrote: »

Nope. Air rifles are covered by completely different legislation. Its not even remotely the same thing. If your pellet leaves your private land and goes over a boundary onto public or someone else s land that is a criminal offense and covered under firearms legislation. If an arrow leaves your land then its not a criminal offense. Its a civil matter of damage if any is caused. This even applies if someone is injured. Its not a crime unless its proven to be a deliberate act then would need to be prosecuted as something like assault.

Well you're wrong there, if you cause damage and they can prove your were reckless then it's criminal damage.

If you hit someone it's assault end of no need to prove intent unless you're looking at gbh with intent.