Hi, I am having chronic problems with my neighbours. Due to this i have installed CCTV, front and back of my small terraced house that is directly onto the street (no front garden). To cut a long story short, they are at least as bad as those that make it on to TV programmes. Their housing association has issued them with a notice of eviction if they do not comply to set conditions. This was four weeks ago and the police have been there around six times since then, even on Xmas day. He is on a tag and awaiting prison.
I went to put my bin out tonight and found my gate nearly smashed through/halved. I went back, looked through my CCTV footage and found that 3/4 guys had tried to kick my gate in and come in my house and give me a kicking. Luckily my gate is strong due to owning a motorbike, that i will now have to hide at a friends house. The problem is that it was dark and they where behind the gate in the entry so not visible, but they do not know that i have audio. I could clearly hear them planning and speaking (i recognise the voices) the gate wouldn't break and they where coming back later for me they said (drunk/high/loud). they where even hard faced enough to walk straight round to the front of my house and knock on next door, on the front camera.
My problem is that i want to put the footage i have of antisocial behaviour and put it on youtube for all to see and maybe that will make them socially conform (peer pressure) till/if they are evicted. For the record, they want to give me a kicking because they know i am the main complaint against them to the housing authority.
This is all very stress full and 3 neighbours have moved since they moved in, but we own our house and cant afford to move. I am on anti depressants due to this and i am not the type of person who gets depressed. My partner worries about going to the shop alone and we are not getting much sleep. (parties till 6am). I know i might get advice on how to deal with these people but my main concern is getting an answer to the youtube question, as i don't want to break the law. I believe that if some body misbehaves in the public street then i can film them and do what i like with that footage? i may be wrong and that is the reason i am here to find out for sure. They already called the police when i put it up and they came out and asked me where it was pointing. it points directly at the pavement in front of their door, because that is where all the anti social stuff is happening, anyway after the police went away and checked what law i explained to them as i understood it they said everything was OK but if things get worse it could be construed as harassment. Its me who is being harassed.
All i want to know really is,
1: can i put this footage of antisocial behaviour only on youtube and not just footage of everyday life (just from the front camera/public highway)
2: can i make mocking comments on who i think they look like in the video description.
3: Can some one guarantee that i am breaking no laws if this is possible.
I need them to move and its the only thing i can think of, they try to look respectable to some people (usually the authorities) so if people they know see what dirt bags they are and maybe even if they see it them selves they might realise. As it is at the moment, i am expecting a group of fellows round any time now, but equipped to get in this time, they said they where coming back. yes i am calling the police tomorrow, but it has taken me 7 hours just to find the footage because it was only audio i could look for, the gate being kicked. I am shattered and need to go to bed, will add more if i need to.
If you read this and know the answer and don't have time to reply a simple yes or no would be appreciated just to point me in the right direction.
Thanks
