Domestic abuse survivor and daughter, 2, terrorised by 'months of racial abuse from neighbours' too scared to leave flat
| Published date | 30 December 2021 |
| Publication title | MyLondon (England) |
After moving to the property this summer, the woman says the abuse started within two weeks of living there.
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Footage captured from the woman's video doorbells over the past few months and seen by MyLondon shows neighbours from two separate households shouting "weirdo" and "she looks like a man" in Italian. One neighbour can be seen spitting on the woman's doorstep.
The woman, who understands and can speak Italian, claims that on one occasion she heard Italian neighbours living in one of the properties call her the Italian equivalent of the N-word.
"O ne of them said the N-word outside my window. It was the Italian equivalent of the N-word but unfortunately it wasn't captured on camera because it only records when you go past the door," she claimed.
The mum claims that the racial abuse from her neighbours began shortly after the 2020 Euros when England lost the final against Italy.
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The Italian neighbours can also be heard shouting Italian swearwords when they walk past the woman's flat.
She explains how another neighbour reportedly began shouting vile abuse outside her home.
She said: "It started with him after the Euros when England lost. He would be peeping through the windows and shouting stuff and saying 'get out', just horrible things."
The woman began capturing the abuse on camera as evidence for Islington Council and the police to review.
However, she feels let down by both of them because she has been refused alternative accommodation and says she is still experiencing harassment and abuse.
She has no family and friends in the area, having previously escaped from an abusive ex-partner in another area of London.
The woman claims that a charity worker has stopped visiting her and her child because she is too scared of the neighbours on the estate, and has resorted to phone calls.
She claims that she was told that the council will not move the woman and her toddler into alternative accommodation, despite receiving letters of concern from social services and the woman's GP social prescriber.
They instead asked her to...
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