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The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door S08E03
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00:00Go away!
00:02You can't control who moves in next door.
00:05You've just attacked me.
00:07You can never really know what your neighbours are capable of.
00:10You are as good as you're dead.
00:12When disagreements get out of control.
00:15You can't stop people walking through it.
00:17Didn't say that.
00:18That is the most disgusting thing you can do.
00:21Things get ugly.
00:23Why don't you go live here for your comfort?
00:25Wow.
00:26Worst thing I've ever seen in my life.
00:28Absolutely.
00:29And threats turn violent.
00:31Move away!
00:33He started pushing me, shoving me.
00:36I went flying down the stairs.
00:40This time, a young man's dream of living on his own for the first time
00:44is left in tatters when he's subjected to intimidation and violent brutality.
00:50Move away!
00:52He started pushing me, shoving me.
00:55At that point, I thought he was a psycho.
00:58And when a hand of friendship turns sour,
01:01it leads to an aggressive three-hit combo.
01:05Sound.
01:06The dogs were barking literally every night of the week.
01:09Smell.
01:10You just couldn't believe that anybody would have that just outside the back door.
01:13It's almost that thick, you have trouble breathing in.
01:15And verbal abuse.
01:17It's just a constant barrage of an assault on your senses.
01:31When 23-year-old Kelvin Mewera moved from Zimbabwe to the city of Worcester in the West Midlands,
01:38he had high hopes for his new life in the UK.
01:41I really liked Worcester based on the fact that it's considered as one of the best cities in the UK.
01:47And there's less violent crimes.
01:49And it's lovely and quiet.
01:52Kelvin immigrated with his parents.
01:54But when he turned 18, he felt it was the right time to take the plunge and move into his
01:58own place.
01:59When he stumbled across this cosy one-bed, third-floor flat.
02:02The early days of living in this flat, I was very excited because it was my first ever apartment for
02:09myself independently.
02:10And I felt good, I felt safe.
02:14And the location couldn't have been better.
02:17Just a mile or so from his family home, where his younger sister Roxanne lives.
02:22Moving into his own flat and becoming more independent really suited him.
02:28He literally lives eight minutes away from us.
02:30So that's not really much of a distance, you know.
02:33He's still close.
02:35Kelvin was attending a local college.
02:37And not long after moving in, he was in need of Wi-Fi to send an assignment.
02:43Having not got around to installing his own,
02:45he thought he'd introduce himself to his next-door neighbour, Daniel Joseph, to ask a friendly favour.
02:52I was in a critical situation.
02:54So I went over to knock on my next-door neighbour.
02:58He opened the door and he was like, what do you want?
03:02In an aggressive way.
03:03Like, he wasn't very friendly at all.
03:05And then introduced myself.
03:07I was like, I'm the new neighbour.
03:09Can I please borrow your Wi-Fi for just temporary use?
03:12And then he just shut the door aggressively in my face.
03:16Kelvin says he was completely taken aback.
03:19It wasn't the friendly welcome he'd expected from his new neighbour.
03:23It made me feel a little bit intimidated.
03:26Like, who's the new neighbour that I'm going to have?
03:28And I live by myself.
03:30I was a little bit afraid.
03:32Kelvin had no idea his neighbour Daniel was about to make his life a living nightmare.
03:39Kelvin was working nights as a carer and would rely on getting his rest during the day.
03:45But Kelvin felt Daniel seemed intent on shattering his sleep.
03:50As soon as I got into bed, the loud music starts and I couldn't sleep.
03:57The loud music was just bam, bam, bam.
04:00It was just noise.
04:01You could literally hear the walls were approaching.
04:04And you just didn't care what time it was.
04:07Kelvin wasn't sure whether Daniel was intentionally blasting out music in order to intimidate him.
04:12But enduring months of sleep deprivation began to take its toll.
04:17Life was absolute hell at that time because I couldn't get enough sleep.
04:22And without sleep, it's hard to concentrate.
04:24And I was living a hell of life because of him.
04:29I had no idea that Daniel was traumatising Kelvin.
04:35Because, you know, what Kelvin told me, he said, he just said he plays loud music.
04:41And that's what I believed.
04:45Kelvin wasn't just keeping the issues from his sister.
04:48Wary of his neighbour, Kelvin decided to keep quiet and avoid Daniel at all costs.
04:53I did not want to confront him because he scared me.
04:57I didn't know what he was capable of.
05:01But it wasn't long before their paths crossed once again.
05:04I was taking my dog out quickly before I went to work.
05:08And I heard shouting on a facade.
05:11And I looked up from the window and I saw Daniel shouting at me.
05:17And he was saying all these aggressive words like, you're black.
05:21And he was, like, cursing at me.
05:23And then I didn't say anything to him.
05:25So he came downstairs.
05:28Kelvin's silence seemed to rile his neighbour into an aggressive outburst.
05:33When he was storming over to me, I was so scared.
05:36I thought this was going to be a fight.
05:38I thought he was going to come and beat me up.
05:41He stormed over.
05:42And then he shoved me once through two and then third time.
05:47And then I fell to the ground.
05:48Totally defenceless, Kelvin feared the worst.
05:52But within seconds, neighbour Daniel fled.
05:56I did not have a clue why he came downstairs to shard me like that.
06:00He just assaulted me for no reason at all.
06:03If he does things like this, he knows what he could be.
06:06He had a war.
06:10Coming up.
06:12Verbal and physical abuse soon escalate into a vicious attack.
06:17I was bleeding.
06:18I could barely walk.
06:20My head was banging and my ribs were so much in pain.
06:24At that point, I thought he was a psycho.
06:27And neighbourhood wars result in dirty tactics.
06:31She just basically left faeces on the backyard.
06:40Mansfield Woodhouse in the heart of Nottinghamshire is a quaint market town.
06:46Home to David Denton and his wife, Pat,
06:49who have lived together in this characterful terrace house for almost 30 years.
06:54It's a nice village, super friendly, which I hadn't experienced before.
06:59It was so like coming home, just settled in so immediately.
07:05David and Pat are proud of the strong sense of community they have with the residents on their street.
07:11The neighbours have always been so nice, helpful, the type of people you can always rely on.
07:17You help each other.
07:19I mean, I've got keys to three different properties for helping people.
07:22And you just help each other out the best you can.
07:26You couldn't wish for a nicer area, really.
07:30And when young mum Kimberley Mallows moved in next door with her daughter eight years ago,
07:35David went out of his way to make them feel welcome.
07:38Well, when Kim first moved in, you tend to feel sorry for people that are, you know, single parent.
07:45You just helped.
07:46Yeah, you just helped people.
07:48She was a nice young woman.
07:50David quickly took his new neighbour under his wing.
07:53And when Kimberley had a problem, David had a solution.
07:58This is typical Terrace public access route.
08:02And also, it's a way for the dustbins to be taken in and out.
08:05Things like this gate and the gate that side are put on for Kim.
08:10This gate will actually close off the entire path.
08:15It's been a nice private garden for the children.
08:20As the years went by, the bond between the two families grew stronger.
08:25You just live day to day, pleasantly, helping each other out, doing favours.
08:31She went away for five days and I looked after the dog.
08:35So she didn't have to worry about sort of like kennel fees and stuff like that.
08:39When Kimberley first moved in,
08:41obviously a single girl that's expecting the first child.
08:45And she grew up.
08:46I made gifts for her.
08:48And just to see that joy on their face when they get something,
08:51something really special.
08:52Everything was, well, as near perfect as could be.
08:55And David felt the feelings between the two families were mutual.
08:59I think Kimberley really appreciated having people next door
09:03that weren't oppressive or judgemental or, you know, being a single woman.
09:10And we just rubbed along quite well.
09:12Life on the street was good.
09:14But a few years after Kimberley had moved in,
09:17David noticed the gutter on her council house was leaking.
09:21The gutter was dripping onto the satellite dish
09:24and it made a sound like a ringing bell.
09:29And with the sound of the rain hammering the satellite dish,
09:32now keeping David and Pat awake at night,
09:34they decided to have a word.
09:38We just mentioned it to Kim sort of like in passing, you know, urgent.
09:43Did she inform the council?
09:44Yeah, we just asked her to report it.
09:46We knew it wouldn't cost her anything apart from a phone call.
09:50Yeah, we had no reason to think anything otherwise
09:53that it would be sorted straight away.
09:56But as the weeks passed,
09:58no-one had been around to repair the gutter.
10:01So David once again mentioned the issue to Kimberley.
10:04I'd ask her again to report it.
10:08And, oh, I've already reported it,
10:10so can you please ask them again?
10:13We had the conversation with Kimberley numerous times,
10:16but she swore blind that she'd actually reported it.
10:20Confident there was an innocent explanation,
10:23David contacted the council directly
10:25to find out what was being done,
10:27but was shocked by their response.
10:30They told me they'd never heard of the problem.
10:34They wouldn't discuss it with me,
10:36but they did confirm they'd never had it reported
10:39and it made us really annoyed, almost like a betrayal.
10:44We obviously spoke to Kimberley face-to-face
10:47and explained that council didn't know anything about it,
10:50but she swore blind that she'd actually reported it.
10:54Kimberley told us that she does not recognise
10:56Dave and Pat's account of the events
10:58in relation to the guttering
11:00and that she did contact the council,
11:02who visited the property
11:03and couldn't find any sign of a leak.
11:06That was the end of the matter.
11:09For a while, things were OK,
11:11but when Kimberley welcomed a new addition to her family...
11:17..the argument over noise got a lot louder.
11:20She decided to get another dog
11:22and she used to leave the dogs out later at night.
11:25Of course, it borders a public footpath.
11:28So what are the dogs going to do
11:29when somebody walks down in the dark?
11:31They're going to bark.
11:34So you'd get it till probably 2, 3 o'clock in the morning some nights.
11:37David and Pat were woken by the dog barking every night of the week
11:41and it started to take its toll.
11:45You start losing even more sleep
11:46because you get woke up at night,
11:49it adds to the anxiety which reduces your sleep.
11:52It's just a constant barrage of an assault on your senses.
12:01CERTAIN KIMBERLEY
12:02Certain Kimberley was deliberately leaving the dogs out
12:04to disturb the Denton's sleep.
12:06David decided to have a word.
12:09Of course, Kimberley's response was that they're only doing the job.
12:12They're guarding her, the children, the house, from intruders.
12:19I'm sure it was done on purpose,
12:22purely because she knew it was irritating.
12:24Kimberley told us she only put the dogs outside when she was cleaning.
12:29But dogs barking soon turned into a dirty protest.
12:35You just couldn't believe that anybody would have that
12:38just outside the back door.
12:46In Worcester, living on his own for the first time,
12:49had turned out to be a nightmare for Kelvin Muera.
12:52Having endured months of disturbed sleep because of loud music
12:55he claimed came from the flat next door,
12:58Kelvin had been assaulted by his next-door neighbour, Daniel Joseph.
13:02I was confused.
13:04I was trying to understand why this man does this.
13:07And I was scared.
13:09Kelvin reported the incident to the police.
13:12But after investigating the matter,
13:14there wasn't enough evidence to prosecute Daniel Joseph.
13:19It made me feel very, very low and depressed.
13:23And I remember him laughing at me.
13:26He looked at me and then he started laughing.
13:29He was immature.
13:31Despite insufficient evidence to prove the attack,
13:34Kelvin hoped the brush with the law would be enough
13:36for his neighbour to back off.
13:38But he was wrong.
13:41Around this time, Kelvin had aboard a colleague called Marley
13:44living with him in the flat.
13:47He was a very quiet dog.
13:48He was a very homely dog.
13:50He was just...
13:51He was an amazing dog and I loved him to bits.
13:54But it seemed, not content with harassing Kelvin,
13:58Daniel set his sights on little Marley.
14:01Something that would have dire consequences.
14:04My brother took the dog for a walk in the park
14:07and Daniel was there.
14:09And he stomped over to my dog and he kicked him.
14:13Luckily, Marley didn't suffer any long-term injuries
14:16from the attack.
14:17But it left Kelvin feeling isolated and vulnerable.
14:21I felt like he was specifically tagged at me
14:24because all these things he's done to make my life miserable.
14:28I just didn't feel safe.
14:30I was late, being at home here.
14:33Upset and angered by this latest act of aggression,
14:36Kelvin felt he had no choice but to confront his neighbour.
14:39What?
14:42Get away from my door.
14:43Get away from my door now.
14:45Terrified by how Daniel might react,
14:47Kelvin's brother filmed it on his mobile phone.
14:50What do you want?
14:51Get away from my door.
14:53But shockingly, Daniel came to the door,
14:55armed with what appeared to be some kind of weapon.
14:59Get away from my door.
15:01Get away from my door.
15:03Get away from my door.
15:03Where did you kick him?
15:04Get away from my door.
15:07Or what?
15:07Or what?
15:08I feel like he was, like, punching me into, like, a reaction,
15:12trying to, um, assault him back.
15:15Get away from my fucking door.
15:18Why did you kick him?
15:19Get out.
15:20What are you going to do?
15:21What are you going to do?
15:22Why did you kick my dog?
15:23What are you going to do?
15:24I was in shock.
15:25I didn't understand why, the reason why he's assaulting me,
15:28for no reason.
15:29Get away from my door.
15:30Enough.
15:31Having already been on the receiving end of a violent attack,
15:34Kelvin was terrified things could once again boil over.
15:38So rather than rise to the bait, Kelvin walked away.
15:41Get away from my door, please.
15:42Get away from my door.
15:44But rather than solving the problems, confronting his neighbour
15:47only seemed to make matters ten times worse.
15:51When I was on the ground, he started punching me and kicking me,
15:55punching me in the face.
15:56I was so scared.
15:57I just didn't know what to do.
15:58It was, it was crazy.
16:04In Mansfield Woodhouse, neighbourly relations had deteriorated
16:08over noise complaints.
16:09Of course, the dogs were barking literally every night of the week.
16:13The situation was getting worse and worse.
16:16You'd got this within just a few feet of your back door.
16:20But things were about to escalate and a proper stink would be kicked up.
16:25There was a smell like a bad fart.
16:27Of course, we didn't know at first exactly what the smell was,
16:30only that it was obnoxious.
16:32But as David ventured towards his neighbour's back garden,
16:35he was about to discover the source of the stench.
16:38The gate was open and all we could see were piles and piles of dog shit.
16:45You just couldn't believe that anybody would have that
16:48just outside the back door.
16:50Just absolutely incredible.
16:53It takes your breath away.
16:54It's almost that thick you have trouble breathing in.
16:58When we're way back from work and you walk down here,
17:01it can hit you like a train.
17:04Especially if you've just had something to eat,
17:06it really can make you heave,
17:08which has happened many a time.
17:12David was convinced Kimberley was using dirty tactics
17:15to get her revenge.
17:17She'd just basically left a week's worth of faeces on the backyard.
17:22Because it was faeces and a urine smell intermixed,
17:27it was, well, absolutely vile.
17:30I believe it was more on purpose
17:32because not only had we caught her out in her lies,
17:35we were actually sort of standing up to her.
17:38And the stench was just violating David and Pat's garden.
17:41You get up in the morning, first thing you do,
17:43you open your kitchen window,
17:45get a bit of fresh air, ready for, you know,
17:49you start preparing your breakfast
17:50and you do it with the aroma of the dog mess and the urine.
17:55Of course, you've got flies as well.
17:57Now, for a long time, we've actually eaten in the front room
18:02because actually sitting in here can be so unpleasant.
18:06The dog barking, you know, the stench of the urine,
18:10the faeces, the flies.
18:12It controls every single part of your life.
18:16David said he was angered by what he believed
18:19was a deliberate act,
18:20so decided it was time for direct action.
18:24Armed with his camera phone,
18:26David began taking snaps over his neighbour's fence,
18:29keeping a detailed catalogue of what he captured.
18:32A couple of dozen, a couple of weeks' worth of dog mess,
18:36just looking at it actually brings back the smell of how it was then.
18:41Having gathered his evidence,
18:42David was determined to put a stop to it once and for all.
18:45If it was a physical assault,
18:47somebody gets arrested, they get to court, get locked up.
18:50No, but this is actually still, to me, a physical assault.
18:54It assaults all your physical senses.
18:57I actually wrote an email and included images
19:00and I sent it to the mayor's office,
19:02I sent it to the local MP, our local counsellor,
19:05and the environmental health department, the housing department,
19:09just to try and get some kind of response to actually say,
19:12come on, look what we're having to live with,
19:14can't you do something about it?
19:18Kimberley told us she did clean the yard regularly.
19:21After complaining to the authorities,
19:23it wasn't long before David felt that there was another assault on his senses.
19:29After it got a bit heated, you know, regarding the smells and that,
19:35the music became a regular irritation.
19:39So what she'd do, she'd have the music on, the back door open,
19:43and it was unbelievable some days.
19:47As things progressed, it went from loud music to loud shouting,
19:52which David could hear from inside his home.
19:55When the noise and the shouting happens,
19:59don't expect to sleep.
20:01Keep waking up, slamming of a door in the night,
20:04you do hear a lot of slamming of doors.
20:07Kimberley told us she only put music on when she was cleaning
20:10and it was often David who would disturb her
20:13with his early morning drilling.
20:17But David claims the constant stream of noise coming from Kimberley's house
20:21was starting to affect the couple's health.
20:25The knock-on effect of things like this, you know,
20:27you end up taking depression medication, you know,
20:30to try and ease out the levels of stress.
20:35With David and Pat reaching breaking point,
20:37David found himself confronting Kimberley about the noise on a daily basis.
20:42She has got quite angry at times.
20:45In fact, one day I thought she was actually going to have a go at Pat
20:49because I mentioned noise.
20:52And she said, I bet you're going to effing blame me for our dogs.
20:56Coming up, as tensions rise...
20:58They were going to the council saying that we had done such and such.
21:02David takes matters into his own hands.
21:04So I started recording literally from the moment we wake up in the morning
21:08to the time we go to bed at night.
21:10And in Worcester is Kelvin's dog, Marley, that's firmly in the firing line.
21:15I'd say losing Marley was the most painful thing that he's actually ever done.
21:21If he wasn't for Daniel, I still would have Marley right now.
21:30In Worcester, Kelvin Moera confronted his neighbour Daniel Joseph
21:34as he believed Daniel had attacked his dog.
21:37Get away from my dog!
21:39Get away from my dog!
21:41I think he attacked my dog because he wanted to get to me.
21:46And in a way, in a negative way, obviously, he wanted me to upset me or piss me off.
21:52Get away from my fucking dog!
21:54What are you going to do?
21:57What are you going to do?
21:58Kelvin didn't report the incident to the police for fear of what Daniel might do next.
22:02I thought this guy, obviously, he wasn't a very nice person.
22:07This guy could literally do anything.
22:09That was the most frightening thoughts that I had about him.
22:12It was a really scary time of my life.
22:15Now convinced Daniel had Kelvin's dog, Marley, in his sights,
22:19Kelvin says he received an unexpected letter through the post.
22:23My landlord got in contact with me saying we heard a complaint
22:28that one of your neighbours saw you leaving a dog's business outside.
22:36Kelvin denied ever leaving dog mess in the communal area or outside his flat.
22:42He believed his neighbour, Daniel, had contacted his landlord
22:45and deliberately made these false claims in order to intimidate him.
22:49After all this terrible experience with him,
22:52he started to make false accusations.
22:56My landlord and I'm leaving. I do offices when I take him out.
23:01All he ever wanted to do is just get to me.
23:06But things soon got a whole lot worse for Kelvin.
23:09He made the heartbreaking decision to do the best for his beloved Marley.
23:18He's no longer living here.
23:21Marley had to be rehomed, leaving Kelvin without his best friend
23:25during the hardest time of his life.
23:28I'd say losing Marley was the most painful thing that he's actually ever done.
23:34And it stays with me all the time.
23:38If he wasn't for Daniel, I still would have Marley right now.
23:44And, er, yeah, I still have my dog at home.
23:49Sometimes when we go shopping,
23:52Kelvin just stands on, like, the aisle for dog food or whatever,
23:56and he just goes, like, I miss Marley so much.
23:59I resent Daniel for getting rid of Marley.
24:05It was the best thing that ever happened to me.
24:09And he was my first dog as well.
24:12So, yeah, I will never forgive him for that.
24:17Kelvin now felt his life was under attack,
24:19and the best course of action was to lie low and avoid Daniel at all costs.
24:26But around this time, Kelvin was suffering severe sleep deprivation
24:30due to Daniel's constant noise disturbance all hours of the day.
24:34Daniel was just doing his usual antics,
24:38playing loud music and having his dog just yapping all the time.
24:43The music, it was just continuous every morning.
24:46I just wanted to sleep, and I couldn't do that with his neighbour.
24:50Still working nights and unable to sleep due to the barrage of noise
24:54he claimed was coming from his neighbour Daniel,
24:57Kelvin was at breaking point and decided to take action.
25:01One day I just came back from work.
25:02I was really tired and I was praying for a good night's sleep.
25:06And, um, at 5am in the morning he's done playing loud, very loud music,
25:12and I just couldn't sleep.
25:13I was like, OK, I've had enough, I'm going to go and ask him to turn down the violin.
25:23I pulled out my phone for my protection and for my evidence.
25:28Knowing just what Daniel was capable of, Kelvin switched his phone to record
25:32in case his neighbour for the second time tried to attack him.
25:35And I knocked on his door.
25:39He didn't hear me, because obviously the loud music.
25:42So I knocked again, louder, and he came to the door.
25:47Who's that?
25:48And he was like, what are you doing at my door?
25:50Get away from my door, man.
25:52And I was like, OK, can you please turn down your violin?
25:56Turn down your violin.
25:58Can you turn down your violin?
26:00I was so intimidated and I was very sad.
26:04And I didn't know what I did wrong.
26:07All I did was just ask him to turn down his violin.
26:10Kelvin says he knew his neighbour could be aggressive,
26:12but he had no idea of the horrors to come.
26:17He started pushing me, shoving me off the ground, and I fell down on the floor.
26:23Get this fuck off!
26:25When I was on the ground, he started punching me and kicking me and punching me in the face.
26:30I was so scared. I just didn't know what to do.
26:33It was crazy.
26:35Having dished out a violent physical assault, Daniel headed back towards his hallway.
26:40But Kelvin's ordeal was far from over.
26:43There's a bike on the corridor. He turned me on my legs and actually got injured.
26:48As this violent attack takes a sickening turn.
26:52I thought to myself, if I was still late there, he might go on the back into his lot, get
26:56a knife on and stop me.
27:01In Mansfield Woodhouse, David and Pat Denton believe their neighbour, Kimberly Mallows,
27:06was deliberately making their lives hell.
27:08It had escalated from a complaint about the gutter into a disturbing combination of excessive noise and vile smells coming
27:16from Kimberly's house.
27:18The dog barking, the stench of the urine, the faeces.
27:24She then started shouting.
27:27And I'm sure it was done on purpose, purely because she knew it was irritating.
27:33And of course, when something assaults you in such a direct and all-encompassing matter, it takes over your life.
27:39You just can't escape it. It's there. It gnaws at you. Day in, day out. Night in, night out.
27:45After months of complaining to the authorities about Kimberly's behaviour, the local council agreed to pay Kimberly a visit to
27:52take a look at the issues for themselves.
27:55Once the council decide they're going to visit, they have to give notification they're going to visit.
28:00So what you do when you get notification, you clean up.
28:04You turn your radios down, you clean up. There's no problem here, sir. You know, everything's hunky-dory.
28:11You know, and they'd go away and then it'd start again. The smell would build up. The noises would start
28:18again.
28:18Kimberly denies any wrongdoing, claiming that David and Pat are the neighbours from hell and that they started this neighbourhood
28:25war.
28:26And after the visit from the council, it was David who found himself in the spotlight.
28:31Some of the responses we got from the council, I think, was almost as if we were at fault.
28:38But I know she said, they're verbally abusing me.
28:42I said, whoa, hang on a minute. No, we're not. We're not verbally abusing anybody.
28:49But I think she was making complaints about us, just to try and divert attention or whatever.
28:56The levels of stress that really do affect your sleep, your concentration levels, your appetites.
29:02It's so totally all-encompassing on your life. You can't just switch off from it.
29:09The council told David they were satisfied that Kimberly was not in breach of her tenancy.
29:14And since their communication with Kimberly, she no longer plays music and does clean the yard, albeit maybe not to
29:21his standard.
29:22That's when we started thinking, we've got to get evidence here.
29:26David already had CCTV covering his backyard, but now he was recording anything and everything he could.
29:35The first thing I did, I went and got my old voice recorder out and a notepad.
29:40And then if anybody does say, you said such and such, you've got evidence to show that you haven't done
29:48it.
29:48Rather than most people want evidence that they have done something, to me it's evidence that we haven't done it.
29:55I mean, this might seem really extreme to some people, but when you've got experience of these things, it's a
30:05way of just protecting yourself.
30:08Kimberly claims that David's cameras made her feel cautious of spending time in her garden, and that he would often
30:14slyly taunt and torment her.
30:17But it was a row over parking that would shift the conflict up a gear.
30:21David owns a parking space at the back of his and Kimberly's terraced houses, and claims Kimberly started blocking his
30:28car in.
30:32Well, we've had one or two issues with parking. I much prefer to reversing. I find it easy getting out.
30:38But if I reverse in, then Kim will park that close that side that I can have trouble getting out
30:44of the car.
30:45I'll just leave it here then, Kim.
30:54She's envious of the parking space because when I told her I'd bought it, she told me that she can't
31:02park on the road because she's got kids.
31:05Why she should be jealous of a car parking space is beyond me.
31:11But parking wars will soon turn into a standoff.
31:14My mum, my car was parked there, and she parked a puncto heater to stop me getting in the car
31:21to go to work.
31:22Kim! Will you move your car, please?
31:26We have to block your car!
31:28Have you got out?
31:30She actually said it's because I block her from getting out her car in the morning.
31:35If I had it done, then all she'd have to have done was ask.
31:38Frustrated and unable to move his car, David took drastic action.
31:43So I ended up having to bring the police.
31:45He wasn't blocking your car.
31:47What time you got out?
31:49Well, he's ringing the police, so you please yourself.
31:52Kim was convinced that they wouldn't attend because it's a civil issue, but they did come out because it was
31:58malicious.
31:59The problem was resolved because she moved five minutes before the police got here.
32:04This is just another example of what she does to irritate us.
32:10Kimberley says it was David who often parked in a way that blocked her access to her driver's door, despite
32:15knowing she had to take her children to school and nursery every morning.
32:19But with relations at rock bottom, events were about to hit boiling point.
32:25On Good Friday, me and Pat were just sat down in the front room to have us dinner and watch
32:29something on the TV.
32:30And we had this almighty, well, not clatter, but noise.
32:35And it was like being in a nightclub.
32:37You know, I thought, where the hell is that coming from?
32:40There was a gazebo up covering the hot tub with the kids in it.
32:44And Pat shouted, can you turn the music down please, Kim?
32:47It was so loud.
32:50Bump, bump, bump, bump.
32:51You know, you can't concentrate.
32:54A guy that was here, which was Kim's current boyfriend, what do you want?
32:58So Pat just said, can you turn the music down please?
33:01You know, we're trying to watch the TV and we can't hear anything.
33:04And his attitude was, what's it got there with you?
33:08David and Pat started heading back towards the house when they were confronted by Kimberley.
33:13And as Kim come out and she's really angry,
33:16and she said, I'm going to fucking get there.
33:19And she's sort of like waving her arm about.
33:21David says at this point he tried to retreat.
33:25So I tried to pull Pat back away from, shall we say, being in striking distance.
33:32Because when you bear in mind there's more than 40 years difference in their ages.
33:37And Pat is in his 70s and relatively frail.
33:42David and Pat went home and yet again called the police.
33:45After officers spoke with Kimberley, David thought that would be the end of the matter.
33:50But he was wrong.
33:52Being partied just continued over the weekend.
33:55And I think Kim's attitude was, fuck you, I'm having a party.
33:58We didn't disagree with the party.
34:00We disagreed with the volume of it.
34:03Kimberley told us she had a hot tub party with her boyfriend and daughters.
34:07And they had a gazebo up to make it private.
34:10She claims it was Pat who was abusive towards her.
34:12And when Pat swore in front of Kimberley's children, some things were said in anger.
34:17Kimberley also said that the police told her it was perfectly okay to do what she was doing.
34:23Just another example of Kim's attack on us personally or a total lack of respect for anybody that lives close
34:31by.
34:32But eventually, events come to a head.
34:35We were so overjoyed that things were probably coming to a conclusion.
34:40And not everything is as it seems.
34:43You know, it was just absolutely soul destroying.
34:50In Worcester, Kelvin Moera had just been brutally attacked by neighbour Daniel Joseph after Kelvin asked Daniel to turn his
34:58music down.
35:01I was so scared. I was frightened because the way he looked at me when he opened the door, it
35:07was intimidating.
35:08I was so much in shock because I did not understand what I did wrong.
35:12I just wasn't able to turn down his volume.
35:14Move away from the door, man!
35:16Kelvin had taken several punches to the face and was unable to pull himself up off the ground.
35:22But neighbour Daniel wasn't finished.
35:25There's a bike on the corridor and he threw it on my legs and I actually got injured.
35:33It was quite shocking to me.
35:35We would do that, like, we would take a bicycle and throw it at someone.
35:40I thought to myself, if I still lay there, he might go back into his latch, get an iPhone and
35:47stop me.
35:48It was crazy.
35:49At that point, I thought he was a psycho.
35:52He was bleeding. I could barely walk.
35:54My head was banging and my ribs were so much in pain.
35:59Kelvin dialled 999.
36:01With the police and ambulance on their way, Kelvin was alone in his flat, suffering from some nasty injuries.
36:08I was in pain. He kicked me in the ribs.
36:11And the bike he threw at me on my legs.
36:15I sustained some injuries on my shins and on my knees as well.
36:20I was frightened because he might come back and come and finish whatever he started.
36:28Kelvin was rushed to hospital and for the second time, Daniel was arrested for assault.
36:33But this time, Kelvin prayed it would put an end to this nightmare once and for all.
36:38I was relieved that it was finally coming to an end.
36:41I had shipped the video and I managed to get his face in the video as well.
36:47But Kelvin's satisfaction was short-lived.
36:51Daniel was charged, but despite the evidence against him, he pleaded not guilty.
36:56Whilst Daniel was awaiting his day in court, he was allowed to move back into his flat.
37:02Kelvin was now living just metres from the man who just brutally attacked him.
37:07I was scared still, and I would never, ever leave my lunch without locking the door.
37:14It wasn't very safe for me. I didn't feel safe.
37:19But one day, Kelvin's worst fears were realised.
37:22I just came back from my friend's house, having a few drinks and all of a sudden, I had a
37:29bang.
37:33And I saw my door, it was wide open and it was broken.
37:38It seemed like someone kicked it.
37:42And this whole part was all shattered.
37:46Kelvin began to fear the worst when he was confronted.
37:49Immediately, the next door neighbour, he comes out of this door and he was like,
37:55it was me, what are you going to do about it? Call the police.
37:59Kelvin was convinced his neighbour had broken into his flat as a ploy to intimidate him.
38:04And Kelvin immediately dialed 999.
38:07Police took him in and he stayed overnight at the police station.
38:12I was really, really, really, really scared at that time.
38:18If he doesn't want to be in trouble with the police, right, why would he cause all these troubles?
38:23It's almost as if, like, he's actually looking for it.
38:27Kelvin was determined to stand his ground and testify against his neighbour.
38:31But whilst he waited for Daniel's day in court, Kelvin's wellbeing was once again thrown into jeopardy.
38:38I felt like a prisoner in my mind at all because I had no freedom.
38:45Coming up, will the Dentons' four-year battle with their noisy neighbour finally be over?
38:51As time's gone on, you realise that, is it really worth the paper it printed on?
38:56Because things are continuing.
39:00And in Worcester, will Kelvin's two-year fight against his nightmare neighbour finally be over?
39:05It just made me feel anxious and nervous.
39:09I just didn't know what to do anymore.
39:14In Worcester, Kelvin Mawera had been viciously assaulted by his neighbour Daniel Joseph.
39:21Move away from the fucking door!
39:23But whilst waiting for his day in court, Daniel broke into Kelvin's flat,
39:28something he believes was an attempt to intimidate him.
39:32It just made me feel anxious and nervous and very hard to trust people.
39:37I just didn't know what to do anymore.
39:41Kelvin was so ashamed and frightened by the horrors with his neighbour,
39:45he kept it from his sister Roxanne.
39:47People try to hide how they're being abused and everything,
39:50and you can't blame them because they're the victim at the end of the day.
39:55I thought if I tell her, it might impact her.
40:00I didn't want her to get worried.
40:02A year after the assault, Daniel Joseph had his day in court.
40:07I was worried that if he was found not guilty, he'd be back home and be my neighbour again,
40:13and I was very terrified.
40:15He was convicted of assault by beating and criminal damage.
40:19He was given a 12-month community order and was evicted from his flat.
40:25That was the most happiest I've ever been in a while.
40:30I knew that that's all done and dusted.
40:33It was the best feeling ever.
40:36Surprisingly, Kelvin had not shared his ordeal with anyone in his family,
40:40so the news came as a bit of a shock to them.
40:42I found out about the assault through a newspaper.
40:47I couldn't believe it.
40:49I was hysterics. I was crying.
40:51I was just like, why?
40:53Why wouldn't you tell me something like this?
40:56I'm your sister. There's nothing to be embarrassed about.
41:00That's the last thing that you should think about, you know, embarrassment with me.
41:04After enduring years of abuse, assaults and intimidation,
41:08Kelvin finally has something to smile about.
41:11My life has changed, really.
41:14I'm less paranoid.
41:15I'm less worried about what's going on and what's going to happen.
41:20I feel much safer now as well, which is great,
41:23because I don't see his face around here in a while.
41:26I think, slowly and gradually, he's getting better from where he was.
41:32He's not perfect yet. Not at all. He never will.
41:36But he's better.
41:37The peacefulness is just amazing.
41:41No loud music in the mornings, no barking all the time.
41:46It just feels great, honestly. It's just awesome.
41:50We contacted Daniel Joseph and put Kelvin's allegations to him.
41:55But he declined to respond.
42:01In Mansfield Woodhouse, David Denton and his wife, Pat, had repeatedly complained about smells and excessive noise coming from their
42:09next-door neighbour, Kimberly Mallows.
42:12When something assaults you in such a direct and all-encompassing matter, it takes over your life.
42:18You could be going for a nice walk in the countryside, you'd hear a dog bark and you go to
42:23pieces again.
42:24But Kimberly claims it's the Dentons who are at fault, as David taunts her and that the CCTV cameras make
42:31her feel uncomfortable.
42:33David says his cameras are necessary to capture evidence of his neighbour's behaviour.
42:37So I sent it to people like the Mayor's office, sent it to his local MP. I think Child Protection
42:43had a copy.
42:44You know, everybody that I could think of, even your local councillor, so that everybody knew what we were putting
42:51up with.
42:52After three years, there's been a breakthrough.
42:56The council issued Kimberly with a community protection notice in relation to the noise nuisance and dog waste.
43:03When you first hear that a CPN's been issued, yes, you know, success.
43:10Oh, so relieved it's party time. It's a weight being lifted. It's an unbelievable feeling.
43:15I don't suppose you could even compare it to winning the lottery, you know. It's just such a relief.
43:20But David and Pat's excitement was short-lived.
43:23As time's gone on, you realise that, is it really worth the paper it's printed on?
43:28Because things are continuing. The stench is still there in the garden. Absolutely soul-destroying.
43:38You know, you think it's over.
43:41David and Pat are running short of options.
43:44You can't actually converse with her on a normal level to ask her where the problem's originated.
43:52And I don't think it's ever going to improve.
43:54The only thing that will improve is if one of us moves out.
43:58Kimberly Mallows told us that David and Pat started this neighbourhood war and looked for any excuse to bully her.
44:06She said it went on for two years and she had to move out of the property because they were
44:10making her cry every day.
44:17Have you been a victim of a nightmare neighbour? Or has your neighbour complained about your behaviour?
44:22If you'd like to tell us your story, go to channel5.com forward slash nightmare neighbour.
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44:38and Duchess of Disaster.
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