Living in a situation similar to Dr Dow’s, I can understand
and relate to what she did. At times,
you do feel helpless. You feel that
no-one understands. No-one can help you.
You put up with so much from your neighbours – you reach the end of your
limit. I can only hope that Australian authorities
will take heed of this case, and bring in steps to help people in this
situation – before it is too late.
The coroner, at her inquest, forwarded the letter to a
newspaper in order to highlight the failures that had led to Dr Dow’s death.
Dr Dow had complained eleven times to the council. Police were called five times.
In one comment with the police, an officer had written about
Dr Dow, “You just can’t win with some people can you?”
The police have said the comments were regrettable.
In a quote from the letter written by Dr Dow, she states, “From
speaking to other neighbours it is clear that Mr Robinson has been terrorising
the street for years now. I would move
house if I could, but have already been advised by an estate agent that my
house is all but unsalable - given the neighbours I have. I find this situation
to be intolerable.”
Gloria De Piero, Shadow minister for crime prevention, has
commented on the case – “Thank goodness incidents of anti social behaviour
rarely have such terrible consequences. But any MP will tell you that week
after week we see constituents who are at the end of their tether, constituents
who complain time and time again about nuisance behaviour, and say that nothing
is done by the agencies that are there to help.
It is particularly unfair that it is often those who are the victims of
anti social behaviour who feel that they are the ones who have no option but to
move.”
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