- Are you in a 論争 with YOUR 隣人 over their doorbell? Email: john.james@mailonline.co.uk
When?車椅子-bound Steven Persaud, 65, 任命する／導入するd a （犯罪の）一味 doorbell in his Birmingham home he thought he had 購入（する）d some peace of mind in his 退職.?
Unbeknownst to the 攻撃を受けやすい pensioner, the innocuous 行為／法令／行動する would 証明する to be the catalyst for a terrifying five years of shocking 言葉の and psychological 乱用 that he would 苦しむ at the 手渡すs of his volatile 隣人: 罪人／有罪を宣告するd 犯罪の Stephen Groves.?
失業 menace Groves, 59, was so 困らすd by the doorstop gadget that he used it to 正当化する a warped and ますます 積極的な personal vendetta against both Persaud and his carers who lived in constant 恐れる of his 爆発s.?
Over five terrible years, Groves, who （人命などを）奪う，主張するd the doorbell 侵害する／違反するd his human 権利s,?開始する，打ち上げるd a relentless （選挙などの）運動をする of hate against his 隣人 resulting in?25 法廷，裁判所 審理，公聴会s, repeated police callouts and a 目録 of shocking 乱用.?
He was caught on camera （権力などを）行使するing a claw 大打撃を与える, making rude gestures and 叫び声をあげるing vile 脅しs, 含むing telling one of Mr Persaud's carers he would 'chop her up and put her in the 貯蔵所'.
In another bizarre moment, he was filmed 除去するing the hinges from a 株d gate - only for it to 落ちる backwards and nearly flatten him.
にもかかわらず a 24-month 抑制するing order, an electronic 外出禁止令, and 存在 運ぶ／漁獲高d before the 法廷，裁判所s time and time again, he remained in his 会議 所有物／資産／財産 until this month, when he was finally booted out.
His 犠牲者s say they are now living in 恐れる that he will return or wreak havoc on his new 隣人s and 主張する that the only suitable accommodation he deserves is a 'テント with the ネズミs.'?
Steven Persaud (pictured with his carer), 65, was terrorised 失業 menace Stephen Groves
Steven Groves (pictured on （犯罪の）一味 doorbell （映画の）フィート数) from Birmingham, was caught on camera 行うing a two-year いやがらせ （選挙などの）運動をする against 無能にするd 居住（者） Steven Persaud
In one of the clips, Groves was seen banging a claw 大打撃を与える on his 隣人's （犯罪の）一味 doorbell
Groves took one last 味方する-注目する，もくろむd look at the camera as he was 立ち退かせるd this week
New （映画の）フィート数 shows the moment Groves was 護衛するd from the one-bed bungalow, in Birmingham's Shard End area, for the final time.
Mr Persaud's niece, Victoria Rascinskis - who fought tooth and nail to get Groves 除去するd - told MailOnline of the '十分な-time 戦う／戦い' it took to 保護する her uncle and how the system 'failed every step of the way'.
She said: 'It's been 絶対の hell. Groves should have been in 刑務所，拘置所 in my opinion. Instead, we had five years of 乱用 and 恐れる. We're lucky no one was 本気で 傷つける or worse.
'He locked carers out, bolted gates shut and 叫び声をあげるd through the windows in the 早期に hours. He was a danger to everyone.
'Yet the system 保護するd him - not my uncle.'
Mr Persaud's nightmare began in 2020 when Ms Rascinskis 任命する／導入するd the smart doorbell to 監視する her 攻撃を受けやすい uncle after 関心s over Groves' erratic behaviour.
Groves 反応するd furiously （人命などを）奪う，主張するing that the camera was '秘かに調査するing' on his bungalow and 繰り返して tried to 破壊行為 the camera with a 大打撃を与える and broom - only for his 試みる／企てるs to be 選ぶd up in 水晶-（疑いを）晴らす 鮮明度／定義.
His antics led to him 存在 運ぶ／漁獲高d to 法廷，裁判所 for 犯罪の 損失 when CCTV showed him snipping its wires with pliers.
And on another occasion, Groves was filmed taking a 大打撃を与える to the camera - before 存在 filmed 試みる／企てるing to deface the （犯罪の）一味's レンズ with a marker pen.
Grim （映画の）フィート数 also shows him spitting on the camera and blaring Guns and Roses' Welcome To The ジャングル at 十分な 容積／容量.
Groves' antics led to him 存在 運ぶ／漁獲高d to 法廷，裁判所 for 犯罪の 損失 when CCTV showed him snipping its wires with pliers?
Groves was seen 繰り返して hitting the camera belonging to 無能にするd 居住（者） Steven Persaud
In another clip, Groves unscrews the hinges on a 株d gate - before it 減少（する）s の近くに to him?
Groves would also play electronic dance music late at night - 主要な to police 存在 called, though they would often not turn up, said Ms Rascinskis.
Carers were left so 脅すd that one やめる her 職業, while others had to sit in their cars until Groves disappeared.
にもかかわらず 多重の 有罪の判決s, 含むing いやがらせ and 犯罪の 損失, Groves 偉業／利用するd every （法などの）抜け穴 利用できる to stay put.
He was 手渡すd （裁判所の）禁止（強制）命令s and 警告するd over his anti-social behaviour, yet continued to 繰り返して 違反 them with impunity.
Ms Rascinskis said: 'He 完全に played the system. （人命などを）奪う，主張するd human 権利s, （人命などを）奪う，主張するd he 欠如（する）d capacity. Two doctors 証明するd he didn't - but he knew 正確に／まさに how to manipulate the 過程.
'The 会議, the police, even the 法廷，裁判所s - it was like they didn't talk to each other. No one had a 手がかり（を与える）. We were 絶えず told, 'just one more 報告（する）／憶測', 'just スピードを出す／記録につける it again'. It became a running joke.
'The 会議 would tell us it's a police 事柄. The police would say it's a 会議 事柄.
'If I hadn't kept 押し進めるing, he'd still be next door. It's taken over our lives.'
He 解除するs the gate 支援する up, repositions it, but leaves the gate unscrewed for his 隣人
Groves had 以前 made make 転換 privacy 障壁s to 妨げる the camera filming him?
In one 冷気／寒がらせるing 出来事/事件, Groves was caught 大打撃を与えるing Mr Persaud's windows at 1am while blaring music, leaving the 無能にするd man terrified and sleep-奪うd.
'I was pleading with my uncle over the phone not to open the door, said Ms Rasckinskis.
'We had an （裁判所の）禁止（強制）命令 in place with 力／強力にする of 逮捕（する）, but the police wouldn't come. Again and again, they told us it wasn't a 優先.'
Groves, who 以前 served time in 刑務所，拘置所 for 負傷させるing with 意図, （人命などを）奪う，主張するd he believed the doorbell intruded on the 入り口 to his home and 認める his antics were 'pathetic' during a 法廷，裁判所 事例／患者 in 2021.
He said: 'It's pathetic, I know. But I feel like a 囚人. I open the gate and the camera is looking straight at me. It's just not 権利.
'But I did some silly things and I 悔いる it.'
In 2022, Groves 認める three 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s of いやがらせ at Birmingham 治安判事s 法廷，裁判所 against his 隣人 and two c arers, and was ordered to 支払う／賃金 £100 補償（金） to each of his 犠牲者s.
He was also 逮捕（する）d in 2023 on 疑惑 of the same 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s, having 以前 also been 罪人／有罪を宣告するd in 2021.
Groves' eviction （機の）カム only after a five-year ordeal, and over two dozen 審理，公聴会s - each 控訴，上告 延期するing the 必然的な.
Birmingham City 会議 （人命などを）奪う，主張するd he had 乱すd other 居住（者）s by blaring loud music and was seen 'buying 麻薬s'.
Ms Rascinskis, said: 'He 違反d every 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 of his tenancy. He was first caught with a 大打撃を与える 支援する in 2020. That alone should've been enough. But it dragged on for years.
'We went through more than seven gates - he either bolted the carers out or put the catch 負かす／撃墜する so the carers or myself couldn't enter. We 演習d in 穴を開けるs so we could look through to check he wasn't laying in wait on the other 味方する.
'I'm emotionally 圧倒するd. Ecstatic he's gone, but furious it took this long. The whole street 苦しむd. We've had carers locked in, carers locked out, 乱用, 恐れる, 損失. All while the 会議 tiptoed around him.'
Groves was seen moving items from the bungalow, in the Shard End area of Birmingham, days before his eviction. It is understood he has been moved to 一時的な accommodation.
Ms Rascinskis, said: 'I dread to think where they've put him. Hopefully not next to another 攻撃を受けやすい person.
'He should be in a テント with the ネズミs.
'It doesn't even feel real that's he's gone. I still panic. I'm 脅すd he'll come 支援する. But for now, we're 解放する／自由な.'
A Birmingham City 会議 spokesperson said: 'We can 確認する that Steven Groves has been 立ち退かせるd 予定 to 違反s of the tenancy 協定.
'We know that Mr Groves behavio ur has 原因（となる）d 重要な 苦しめる for Mr Persaud. We can 保証する him that any new tenant will have to 従う with our tenancy 条件s and our 改善するd anti-social behaviour 政策 that we have introduced.
'No tenant should have to 許容する anti social behaviour and we will use the appropriate 道具s and 力／強力にするs 利用できる to us to 演説（する）／住所 it.'
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The new 隣人 列／漕ぐ／騒動s 存在 行うd over （犯罪の）一味 doorbells: Smart 装置s behind troubling rise in 反目，不和s after 高度に 極度の慎重さを要する cameras 選ぶ up snippets of 私的な conversations from as far as 40ft away
By Eirian Jane Prosser and John James??
Neighbourhood 列／漕ぐ／騒動s over 貯蔵所s, noisy 十代の少年少女s and even overgrown hedges have been a 長年の problem in suburbia, 有能な of dividing the friendliest of communities.
But now these arguments are 存在 taken to the next level, with gossipers and grumblers 存在 left unaware that their petty squabbles are 存在 記録，記録的な／記録するd by （犯罪の）一味 doorbells.
Many people have 報告（する）／憶測d catching 地元の 居住（者）s talking behind their 支援するs after it was 選ぶd up by the contraption's 極度の慎重さを要する ビデオ camera.
The high tech cameras sold by 供給者s like （犯罪の）一味 are 有能な of taking instantaneous （映画の）フィート数 of streets with wide angle レンズs meaning that other people's 所有物／資産／財産 and activities are often 記録，記録的な／記録するd without their 同意.
They are also equipped with deceptively powerful microphones that can 選ぶ up the slightest sound 騒動s in the area, often catching snippets of 私的な conversations as far as 40ft away.
These smart 装置s are fuelling a troubling rise in?反目，不和 s, with mother-in-法律s 存在 caught red 手渡すd moaning about their 'insane' grandchildren and 'stupid' pets.??
One woman said: 'Heard my 隣人 bitching about us through my （犯罪の）一味 doorbell and now I feel like a 秘かに調査する!'
反目，不和s within some communities have become so out of 手渡す that 調停者s have been brought in to 解決する the 現在進行中の 問題／発行するs - and frenzied rants 記録，記録的な／記録するd on doorbells only exasperate the 問題／発行するs その上の, 専門家s have said.
Powerful （犯罪の）一味 doorbell cameras could be 侵害する／違反するing your privacy without you realising it
Many people have 報告（する）／憶測d catching 地元の 居住（者）s talking behind their 支援するs after it was 選ぶd up by the contraption's 極度の慎重さを要する ビデオ camera
Dr マイク Talbot, 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある of UK マスコミ, told MailOnline he is seeing more instances of 論争s caught on doorbell cameras within the last year.
He said: ‘What tends to happen when people overhear these conversations, is that people tend to 飛行機で行く into 復讐.
'If 隣人s are already arguing about something - parking, pets, the 貯蔵所s, DIY - いつかs we hear of people b****ing about them on their （犯罪の）一味 doorbells.
'People do not find it funny and see it as an 絶対の betrayal of 信用. It becomes like gossip spread on social マスコミ - people they are alone so they say what they like and make stuff up.
‘It results in a person 嵐／襲撃するing downstairs after they're have overheard the conversation or いつかs they will be listening in from work.
'We have started to this more within the last year.'
The internet is replete with examples of 居住（者）s exposing their 隣人s with the 科学（工学）技術.?
One 使用者 said: 'Overheard somebody slagging off my Dad's cat 経由で his （犯罪の）一味 doorbell tonight, so I すぐに started talking to them through the microphone. The facial 表現s were priceless.. '
Another person （人命などを）奪う，主張するd they had a rude 遭遇（する） with a 配達／演説／出産 man, 説: 'Got myself a （犯罪の）一味 doorbell and the first experience I have of it is my Chinese takeaway man slagging off my dogs for barking at the door.'
And it's not just 隣人s who have been caught red 手渡すd - 配達／演説／出産 drivers and even family members have been also been 破産した／（警察が）手入れするd by the sneaky 科学（工学）技術.
Kevin Lawrence was 罪人／有罪を宣告するd of 犯罪の 損失 and was ordered to 支払う／賃金 £900 in 補償（金） after he was caught on doorbell camera vandalising a 塀で囲む?
行方不明になる Buckley 任命する／導入するd cameras in August last year and soon afterwards was 警報d to Lawrence's 破壊行為 （選挙などの）運動をする
Social マスコミ is awash with instances where people have been caught out on （犯罪の）一味 doorbell （映画の）フィート数
One 失望させるd individual wrote: 'I asked your driver to 配達する my 小包 to my 隣人 through my （犯罪の）一味 Doorbell as I wasn't in.
'I stayed on the camera and heard your driver, やめる 率直に, bitching to my 隣人 about how I could have used a 減少（する） off point. I have this on camera 記録，記録的な／記録するd.
'I just ordered the item. I did not get a choice of who they shipped it with, nor did I get a choice to send it to a 減少（する） off.
'It took him about 30 seconds to go next door to my 隣人, then he moaned for about three minutes.'?
Another woman 令状ing on Reddit had a run-in with her in-法律s after they were 記録，記録的な／記録するd speaking 近づく the door - sending a notification to her phone.
It was her mother-in-法律 with her own mother, 率直に talking about the family. She said: 'I wouldn't have thought anything more of it until I heard her start talking 不正に about my family.
'So when she left and the doorbell 記録，記録的な／記録するd her again, I went 支援する and listened. She was すぐに on about our "stupid ass cat" and told her mother "there's your dose of insanity for a while" referring to visiting my children.
'[She] then proceeded to go on about how "weird" my five-year-old son with special needs is.'
Another wrote on Twitter: 'Caught my mum bitching about me not watering the hanging basket on our （犯罪の）一味 doorbell.'?
The doorbell cameras can be used for more serious squabbles 同様に.
In May this year, （犯罪の）一味 （映画の）フィート数 helped to expose pensioner Kevin Lawrence's pyjama 覆う？ nighttime （警察の）手入れ，急襲s on his 隣人 Carole Buckley's 塀で囲む - costing her £1200 in 損害賠償金.
The source of the disgruntlement was that Mr Lawrence wrongly believed the 塀で囲む encroached on his land.
The 84-year-old ex-建設業者 was filmed こそこそ動くing out the 支援する door of his cottage to 切り開く／タクシー／不正アクセス at the brick work with a chisel, 大打撃を与える and 演習, before filling some of the 穴を開けるs he had made with glue-soaked lollipop sticks.
He was 結局 罪人／有罪を宣告するd of 犯罪の 損失 and was ordered to 支払う／賃金 £900 in 補償（金）, 同様に as a 罰金 of £100 with £40 costs.
It's not just wanton vandalism the camera's catch either.
Earlier this year, the 労働 party 候補者 for Bournemouth East Tom Hayes was caught 明らかに 除去するing a 競争相手's ちらし from a letterbox.
Tom Hayes, who was standing in Bournemouth East for Sir Keir Starmer's party, was spotted by a （犯罪の）一味 doorbell taking Green Party literature that had been 配達するd to a house in the area
Phil Broadhead, the Tory leader of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 会議, caught on camera
Michael Hilton, 61, was caught 乱用ing his terrified lurcher, 指名するd Ben, in a '支えるd physical attack' in Leigh in Wigan on December 6 last yea?
Ben was put in the care of the RSPCA に引き続いて the horrifying ordeal and will be rehomed
利益／興味ing （映画の）フィート数 showed the Cambridge 卒業生（する） looking straight at the camera while wearing a red 労働 rosette, before 除去するing the Green ちらし and 取って代わるing it with one of his own.
In another example of doorbell vigilantism, a dog abuser was brought to 司法（官） after his 関心d 隣人 passed sickening （映画の）フィート数 of an attack over to the RSPCA.
Michael Hilton, 61, was caught 乱用ing his terrified lurcher, 指名するd Ben, in a '支えるd physical attack' in Leigh in Wigan on December 6 last year.
The 苦しめるing （映画の）フィート数 which was 逮捕（する）d on a nearby 居住（者）'s （犯罪の）一味 doorbell resulting in the RSPCA taking him to 法廷，裁判所 for animal cruelty.
一方／合間, another 専門家 警告するd that Brits could be unknowingly 侵害する／違反するing their 隣人's privacy and by doing so 存在 in 違反 of 非常に／多数の GDPR 規則s.
ツバメ Cheek, managing director at SmartSearch, the UK's 主要な 専門家 in 数字表示式の 同意／服従, told MailOnline: '（犯罪の）一味 doorbells are designed to help with 安全 and convenience and many 居住（者）s find them 極端に useful.
'You can review （映画の）フィート数 from outside your home 同様に as communicate with say 配達／演説／出産 drivers when you're out.
'But they do raise a number of privacy 関心s. Because these doorbells come with cameras that 記録，記録的な／記録する in the area outside of your 前線 door and often beyond, you run the 危険 of 逮捕（する）ing （映画の）フィート数 of 隣人ing gardens and areas, 含むing 私的な spaces like windows or 入り口s to doorways, without the 隣人's 同意.
'The cameras have 動議 sensors 誘発する／引き起こすd by movements ーするために film people approaching your 前線 door, so you may find your doorbell is 逮捕（する）ing the movements of a 隣人, meaning they're 存在 filmed.
'The same goes for 音声部の 記録，記録的な／記録するing thanks to the built-in microphones, so 私的な conversations or 極度の慎重さを要する sounds could かもしれない be 逮捕（する）d too, depending on the sensitivity settings.
'隣人s may not be aware they're 存在 記録，記録的な／記録するd on a （犯罪の）一味 doorbell or have given their 同意 for their images or activities to be 株d.
'This problem can 広げる when 地元の communities 株 （映画の）フィート数 of 怪しげな activities in their area - this could 含む a 隣人's activities or movements.
'（犯罪の）一味 doorbells send 警報s to 使用者s' smartphones when someone approaches the door. If two 隣人ing 前線 doors are の近くに together enough, a 居住（者） may be 警報d every time their 隣人 approache s their own 前線 door, which can be an invasive or 監視-like experience for the 隣人.
'There have been instances of （犯罪の）一味 装置s 存在 切り開く／タクシー／不正アクセスd, which means people who aren't authorised to 接近 the （映画の）フィート数, can. In these 事例／患者s, the privacy of both the 装置 owner and 隣人s could be 侵害する／違反するd.
専門家s have said 隣人s should 知らせる each other if they 任命する／導入する cameras?
'I'd 堅固に advise those with （犯罪の）一味 装置s to configure the 動議 （犯罪，病気などの）発見 zones and 始める，決める the camera angle to 焦点（を合わせる） on their own 所有物／資産／財産 only - it can be tempting to want to cover a wider area but people must understand they could land themselves in hot water if they do so.
'居住（者）s should make their 隣人s aware they have a （犯罪の）一味 doorbell and 器具／実施する 安全 practices to 確実にする no unauthorised 接近 to the 装置 and its recordings.'
A 広報担当者 for （犯罪の）一味 said: 'We 堅固に encourage our 顧客s to 尊敬（する）・点 their 隣人's privacy and 従う with any applicable 法律s when using their （犯罪の）一味 装置.
'We've put features in place across all our 装置s to 確実にする privacy, 安全, and 使用者 支配（する）／統制する remain 前線 and centre ? 含むing customisable Privacy Zones to 封鎖する out 'off-限界' areas, 動議 Zones to 支配（する）／統制する the areas 顧客s want their （犯罪の）一味 装置 to （悪事，秘密などを）発見する 動議, and 音声部の Toggle to turn 音声部の on and of f.
'We have and will continue to 供給する our 顧客s with the features, 道具s and （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） to help them use their 装置s responsibly and in 尊敬（する）・点 of the privacy of others.'
What can you do about it??
It's never nice to be 秘かに調査するd on- 特に by people who 株 the same postcode as you but luckily, there are 対策 the 普通の／平均（する） Brit can take to 保護する their privacy from nosy neighbors.?
Doorbells with cameras and microphones 危険 breaking data 保護 法律s, as these can be so 極度の慎重さを要する that they can film ビデオ and sound outside the 境界 of the 所有物／資産／財産.
That becomes a problem if it 違反s a 隣人's privacy, for example by 記録，記録的な／記録するing into their home, or 記録，記録的な／記録するing their children.?
Under UK data 保護 法律s, （犯罪の）一味 使用者s could 直面する a £100,000 罰金 for 違反ing their 隣人s privacy if it is proven in 法廷，裁判所.?
The most famous example of this was seen in 2021 when a?裁判官 at Oxford 郡 法廷，裁判所 支配するd that Jon Woodard's use of his （犯罪の）一味 cameras broke data 法律s and that he had 追求するd a course of いやがらせ during his 論争 with Dr Mary Fairhurst.?
The internet-connected 装置s 通知する the absent home owner 経由で a smartphone when a 訪問者 arrives at the door. The owner can then use an app to watch and talk to the 訪問者 by using the d oorbell's built-in camera and microphone
Mr Woodard also raised 関心s for other （犯罪の）一味 doorbell owners after the 判決，裁定
Dr Fairhurst was 軍隊d to move out of her home in Thame because the WiFi-connected gadgets were 'intrusive'.
音声部の-visual 専門家技術者 Mr Woodard 主張するd that he fitted four 装置s 含むing two '模造のs' around his 所有物／資産／財産 to 保護する his 乗り物s from masked thieves who tried to steal his car in 2019.
However, 裁判官 Melissa Clarke 解任するd Mr Woodard's （人命などを）奪う，主張する that the driveway camera was used legitimately to 阻止する 犯罪のs from stealing his car and 支配するd that '罪，犯罪 予防, could surely be 達成するd by something いっそう少なく' than the 装置s.
She 結論するd that the 装置s 逮捕（する）d images and 音声部の on Dr Fairhurst's 所有物／資産／財産 含むing her gate, garden and car parking spaces, that this was all Dr Fairhurst's personal data, that Mr Woodard had 違反d UK GDPR by failing to 過程 her data 'transparently', and that he then 'sought to 活発に 誤って導く the Claimant about how and whether the Cameras operated and what they 逮捕（する）d'.
The 裁判官 also took particular 問題／発行する with the camera's 音声部の 範囲, 結論するing: ' I am 満足させるd that the extent of 範囲 to which these 装置s can 逮捕（する） 音声部の is 井戸／弁護士席 beyond the 範囲 of ビデオ that they 逮捕（する）, and in my 見解（をとる） cannot be said to be reasonable for 罪，犯罪 予防'.
'I am 満足させるd that on many occasions it [the shed camera] had a very wide field of 見解（をとる） and 逮捕（する）d the Claimant's personal data as she drove in and out of the car park,' she 追加するd.
A 広報担当者 for （犯罪の）一味 said: 'We 堅固に encourage our 顧客s to 尊敬（する）・点 their 隣人's privacy and 従う with any applicable 法律s when using their （犯罪の）一味 装置.?
'We've put features in place across all our 装置s to 確実にする privacy, 安全, and 使用者 支配（する）／統制する remain 前線 and centre ? 含むing customisable Privacy Zones to 封鎖する out 'off-限界' areas, 動議 Zones to 支配（する）／統制する the areas 顧客s want their （犯罪の）一味 装置 to （悪事，秘密などを）発見する 動議, and 音声部の Toggle to turn 音声部の on and off.
'We have and will continue to 供給する our 顧客s with the features, 道具s and （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） to help them use their 装置s responsibly and in 尊敬（する）・点 of the privacy of others.'
