Tue, Aug 19, 2014
Retired paratrooper Rod Scott is a veteran of army campaigns in the Middle East and Africa. So when a dispute erupted with next door neighbours; the Halls, it was no surprise Scott didn't submit easily. But even Rod was shocked when his neighbour came at him with a kitchen knife one summer night. The war that followed included poison pen letters, an alleged spy platform in Rod's garden, and a plague of rats.
In Brighton, Ms Attenborough felt as though she was being stalked through her own walls and floors by her neighbour, as he followed her from room-to-room and took pictures of her in her garden. But her neighbour claims he was fed up of her trespassing and trying to steal a small piece of his land. Things spiralled out of control and resulted in a violent tussle between the two, with Ms Attenborough claiming she was punched in the throat...
And Polish Couple Piotr and Marzena Knap met their nightmare neighbour the day they moved in. Within 2 weeks, Charles Gilbert had threatened to blow up their conservatory and soon after, threw petrol over Mr Knap. With a lit- match in his hand, the police were called and the Knaps waited petrified of what would happen next.
We tell the stories of people who've become embroiled in a neighbourly dispute using eyewitness testimony and footage from camcorders, CCTV and phones to examine traumatic, shocking, humorous and occasionally bizarre experiences that affect their everyday life.
The series explores the hostility that ignites many neighbourhoods around Britain sometimes resulting in years of anti-social behaviour, reducing even the most gentile of inhabitants into someone's worst nightmare.
We also reveal how every day, residents across the UK have dealt with the ongoing reprisals which can escalate into long-fought battles resulting in violence, convictions, evictions and even imprisonment.
In Brighton, Ms Attenborough felt as though she was being stalked through her own walls and floors by her neighbour, as he followed her from room-to-room and took pictures of her in her garden. But her neighbour claims he was fed up of her trespassing and trying to steal a small piece of his land. Things spiralled out of control and resulted in a violent tussle between the two, with Ms Attenborough claiming she was punched in the throat...
And Polish Couple Piotr and Marzena Knap met their nightmare neighbour the day they moved in. Within 2 weeks, Charles Gilbert had threatened to blow up their conservatory and soon after, threw petrol over Mr Knap. With a lit- match in his hand, the police were called and the Knaps waited petrified of what would happen next.
We tell the stories of people who've become embroiled in a neighbourly dispute using eyewitness testimony and footage from camcorders, CCTV and phones to examine traumatic, shocking, humorous and occasionally bizarre experiences that affect their everyday life.
The series explores the hostility that ignites many neighbourhoods around Britain sometimes resulting in years of anti-social behaviour, reducing even the most gentile of inhabitants into someone's worst nightmare.
We also reveal how every day, residents across the UK have dealt with the ongoing reprisals which can escalate into long-fought battles resulting in violence, convictions, evictions and even imprisonment.