Having a good relationship with neighbors is not always easy, especially when things arise. disagreements over the use of common areas or the building facilities. However, what starts out as an argument can end up becoming a much bigger problem. This is exactly what happened to a mother and her son in Italy, who had been suffering alleged acts of harassment for six years by an 88-year-old neighbor who threw garbage in their yard, poured bleach on their hanging clothes, and even threatened to kill them.
According to information published by Il Resto del Carlinothose affected are a 60-year-old woman and her 30-year-old son, who live in the same building as the elderly woman. The problems began before the pandemic, after a discussion related to the access of some technicians to the property’s gas meters. Since then, the relationship between the neighbors worsened to the point that the mother and her son claim that they were afraid of running into the woman when they left the house.
The situation ended up in court after those affected decided report your neighbor for harassment. The case reached a hearing held on October 5, in which the 88-year-old woman was accused of making their lives miserable for years with threats and behavior that had ended up altering her daily life.
He threw garbage in the yard and poured bleach on the hanging clothes.
As mentioned, the problem began with some disagreements related to the building’s gas meters to which the technicians had to access to carry out checks. Later, these were automated, but this did not end the conflicts between these neighbors.
According to what the mother and her son reported, the elderly woman began throwing garbage from her balcony into the patio of the house, located just below her apartment, to the point that the waste accumulated practically daily.
Among the debris he threw were fish bones and other debris that could be dangerous for pets. In fact, the mother said that she had caught her dog licking the garbage several times and was afraid that it might get sick.
Added to this were other incidents, such as pouring bleach on hanging clothes, causing damage to the clothes and splashing the son when he walked through the yard.
The family also reported that the woman had painted threatening graffiti on the walls and that on several occasions she had insulted them and threatened to kill them.
“I’m going to cut off your head, I’m going to kill you, fat girl,” he reportedly told the mother, according to the accusation.
The neighbors were afraid to leave the house and meet the old woman.
One of the main consequences of these confrontations was that the mother and her son began to change their habits to avoid meeting the woman in the building.
From what they explained, before returning home they would call each other by phone to check if the neighbor was there and, sometimes, they would wait more than an hour outside to not find her.
The mother also claimed that she had stopped using the bicycle for fear of running into the old woman and that the situation had ended up affecting her health, to the point of needing medication for severe depression.
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According to the complaint, the incidents went on for six years and caused both of them to live with a constant feeling of fear and anxiety within their own home. At the moment, it does not appear in the published information that a final ruling has been issued on the accusations.