What can I do/what would you do about car being vandalised
Discussion
MB140 said:
Zod said:
MB140 said:
Sorry for your misfortune op. I’m not a powerful built company director. I would be waiting for him one night to come home though.
Make it plain and simple understood that if the car gets anymore scratches his face will need stictching up.
You don’t have to mean it or do it but simply put the fear of god in to him that you will be sat in a pub having a pint while one of your mates does him some serious harm.
I’m not advocating you do it in the slightest but from experience the people that do this kind of thing are generally cowards (he’s already demonstrated he’s no hard man by running in to his house, refusing to come out and called the police to resolve the conflict when you caught him) and don’t want physical confrontation. You threaten him now his anonymity has been taken away and there is a good chance he will s
t bricks and sulk away quietly.
Just my opinion. Take it or leave it. But I hope you get it sorted.
He’s already been to the Police once, you moron! Doing that would get the OP arrested in short order.Make it plain and simple understood that if the car gets anymore scratches his face will need stictching up.
You don’t have to mean it or do it but simply put the fear of god in to him that you will be sat in a pub having a pint while one of your mates does him some serious harm.
I’m not advocating you do it in the slightest but from experience the people that do this kind of thing are generally cowards (he’s already demonstrated he’s no hard man by running in to his house, refusing to come out and called the police to resolve the conflict when you caught him) and don’t want physical confrontation. You threaten him now his anonymity has been taken away and there is a good chance he will s
t bricks and sulk away quietly. Just my opinion. Take it or leave it. But I hope you get it sorted.
Police come knocking on the op door. Just deny it saying the neighbour is just out to cause trouble as you (the op)reported him for vandalising the car. What the police going to do about it, sweet f
k all you moron 
Zod said:
MB140 said:
Zod said:
MB140 said:
Sorry for your misfortune op. I’m not a powerful built company director. I would be waiting for him one night to come home though.
Make it plain and simple understood that if the car gets anymore scratches his face will need stictching up.
You don’t have to mean it or do it but simply put the fear of god in to him that you will be sat in a pub having a pint while one of your mates does him some serious harm.
I’m not advocating you do it in the slightest but from experience the people that do this kind of thing are generally cowards (he’s already demonstrated he’s no hard man by running in to his house, refusing to come out and called the police to resolve the conflict when you caught him) and don’t want physical confrontation. You threaten him now his anonymity has been taken away and there is a good chance he will st bricks and sulk away quietly.
Just my opinion. Take it or leave it. But I hope you get it sorted.
He’s already been to the Police once, you moron! Doing that would get the OP arrested in short order.Make it plain and simple understood that if the car gets anymore scratches his face will need stictching up.
You don’t have to mean it or do it but simply put the fear of god in to him that you will be sat in a pub having a pint while one of your mates does him some serious harm.
I’m not advocating you do it in the slightest but from experience the people that do this kind of thing are generally cowards (he’s already demonstrated he’s no hard man by running in to his house, refusing to come out and called the police to resolve the conflict when you caught him) and don’t want physical confrontation. You threaten him now his anonymity has been taken away and there is a good chance he will s
t bricks and sulk away quietly. Just my opinion. Take it or leave it. But I hope you get it sorted.
Police come knocking on the op door. Just deny it saying the neighbour is just out to cause trouble as you (the op)reported him for vandalising the car. What the police going to do about it, sweet f
k all you moron Anyway as stated by the OP, the little coward is leaving soon so it’s not like you have to put up with him much longer.
PopsandBangs said:
I haven't yet - and I suspect you're right. Not much planned this evening so, whilst there's many things I'd rather be doing, due to how much this has riled me I'm going to hang around at home and wait until I see him leaving/returning and have a word
Why don't you order a pizza to his house then he will have to open the door, then talk to him? Kick his door down, grab him by the throat and tell him you want your money, obviously disconnect the phone lines first before you kick the door down.
Failing that wait for the day he moves, follow him, note the house, later that night knock on his door and tell him you want whats owed or you'll ensure he spends more money fixing the damage you'll do.
Unfortunately you would have been better getting some evidence before going ape st, you can humiliate him on social media, print out flyers and hand them to your current neighbours or even his new neighbours, unfortunately in the eyes of the police theres no evidence
Failing that wait for the day he moves, follow him, note the house, later that night knock on his door and tell him you want whats owed or you'll ensure he spends more money fixing the damage you'll do.
Unfortunately you would have been better getting some evidence before going ape s
t, you can humiliate him on social media, print out flyers and hand them to your current neighbours or even his new neighbours, unfortunately in the eyes of the police theres no evidencejohnwilliams77 said:
Why don't you order a pizza to his house then he will have to open the door, then talk to him?
I think this Trojan Pizza will just result in free food for the miscreant. Realistically, he knows where you live so anything you do could result in another visit, if he is so inclined. As mentioned before you could make his Moving Out day complete hell which might cost him as the removal chaps generally don't want to hang around - go out with a film crew (you and your OH) and do a Rogue Traders on him asking him why you keyed his car loudly in front of everyone and demanding payment. Or you could just forget about it.PopsandBangs said:
I went out last night and arrived back at around 1am. Once in, I opened the large sash window at the front room of my flat for a cigarette, with the light off so it wouldn't have been obvious to see me doing so from the street unless you looked up.
Have you tried the patches, they really helped a friend of mine to quit.OP you have to take matters into your own hands I'm afraid the police will do sweet FA. If its "his word against yours" then as another poster pointed out this works both ways too, and any action by you will be viewed in the same light within reason.
There wont be a happy ending where the police lock him up, make him pay etc etc so either so be prepared to create your own resolution to this or forget about it and move on, those are the only 2 outcomes.
There wont be a happy ending where the police lock him up, make him pay etc etc so either so be prepared to create your own resolution to this or forget about it and move on, those are the only 2 outcomes.
I suggest that the main interest in threads like this is the extent of the anger and wannabe badassness that such threads show to exist in many of what I assume to be the middle class, middle management motorist types who populate PH. All the fantasies about getting in the wrongdoer's face, intimidating him, being a bit tasty, knowing people who are a bit tasty, and so on. Some people are just wound up a bit too tight, perhaps.
OP, the incident was unpleasant, no doubt. I suspect that you were so cross that your behaviour to the bloke was at least a bit threatening. Threats are pointless. Violence is no way to resolve societal disputes. If you can be arsed, your only possibly effective remedy is a civil action in a county court. If you obtain judgment, you would then have to enforce it. Life is filled with disagreeable incidents, but on balance even something as disagreeable as this one falls into the category marked First World Problems.
BTW, I love cars, but cars are just soulless things made out of metal and paint can be fixed up.
PS: By "cars", I usually mean motor vehicles designed and made before about 1995. There have not been any cars at all since then, but for the purposes of this discussion I will treat whatever mobile computer the OP has as a car.
OP, the incident was unpleasant, no doubt. I suspect that you were so cross that your behaviour to the bloke was at least a bit threatening. Threats are pointless. Violence is no way to resolve societal disputes. If you can be arsed, your only possibly effective remedy is a civil action in a county court. If you obtain judgment, you would then have to enforce it. Life is filled with disagreeable incidents, but on balance even something as disagreeable as this one falls into the category marked First World Problems.
BTW, I love cars, but cars are just soulless things made out of metal and paint can be fixed up.
PS: By "cars", I usually mean motor vehicles designed and made before about 1995. There have not been any cars at all since then, but for the purposes of this discussion I will treat whatever mobile computer the OP has as a car.
Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 29th May 12:39
I don't know if this is a hard and fast rule they have or if it was just my case but when the wife's ex keyed my car the police were actually quite good, came round and took a statement from me, and my wifes sister who had seen the ex by my car where and when it happened. They got him in for questioning. Prick denied it all then tried to convince the police to do me for speeding.
Anyway the end of it all being the police investigating were convinced he was guilty and put it to the CPS who apparently told them its a non starter as its less than £2500 of damage (keyed front wing and part of door) and this was about 10 years ago so if that is a cut off limit its probably higher now.
Bit galling when this year they deemed it worth bothering a court to give me a £40 fine for ignoring a road sign and doing nobody any harm.
Anyway the end of it all being the police investigating were convinced he was guilty and put it to the CPS who apparently told them its a non starter as its less than £2500 of damage (keyed front wing and part of door) and this was about 10 years ago so if that is a cut off limit its probably higher now.
Bit galling when this year they deemed it worth bothering a court to give me a £40 fine for ignoring a road sign and doing nobody any harm.
Breadvan72 said:
I suggest that the main interest in threads like this is the extent of the anger and wannabe badassness that such threads show to exist in many of what I assume to be the middle class, middle management motorist types who populate PH. All the fantasies about getting in the wrongdoer's face, intimidating him, being a bit tasty, knowing people who are a bit tasty, and so on. Some people are just wound up a bit too tight, perhaps.
OP, the incident was unpleasant, no doubt. I suspect that you were so cross that your behaviour to the bloke was at least a bit threatening. Threats are pointless. Violence is no way to resolve societal disputes. If you can be arsed, your only possibly effective remedy is a civil action in a county court. If you obtain judgment, you would then have to enforce it. Life is filled with disagreeable incidents, but on balance even something as disagreeable as this one falls into the category marked First World Problems.
BTW, I love cars, but cars are just soulless things made out of metal and paint can be fixed up.
PS: By "cars", I usually mean motor vehicles designed and made before about 1995. There have not been any cars at all since then, but for the purposes of this discussion I will treat whatever mobile computer the OP has as a car.
1992 is the (generally) the cut off date for me....OP, the incident was unpleasant, no doubt. I suspect that you were so cross that your behaviour to the bloke was at least a bit threatening. Threats are pointless. Violence is no way to resolve societal disputes. If you can be arsed, your only possibly effective remedy is a civil action in a county court. If you obtain judgment, you would then have to enforce it. Life is filled with disagreeable incidents, but on balance even something as disagreeable as this one falls into the category marked First World Problems.
BTW, I love cars, but cars are just soulless things made out of metal and paint can be fixed up.
PS: By "cars", I usually mean motor vehicles designed and made before about 1995. There have not been any cars at all since then, but for the purposes of this discussion I will treat whatever mobile computer the OP has as a car.
Edited by Breadvan72 on Tuesday 29th May 12:39
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