Are these Britain's nosiest 隣人s? Family is awarded £17,000 after the couple downstairs 秘かに調査するd on them by pointing CCTV cameras at their home and even 盗聴 the 所有物／資産／財産?

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A family 苦しむd years of '悩ますing 監視' by 隣人s who snooped on them by directing cameras and listening 装置s at their home.

Debbie and Tony Woolley were left 'petrified' after the couple downstairs 任命する／導入するd CCTV and 音声部の 記録，記録的な／記録するing 器具／備品 at their house in Edinburgh.

The cameras at the 前線 of the 所有物／資産／財産 記録，記録的な／記録するd every person approaching ? and those at the 後部 逮捕（する）d their 私的な garden.?

証拠 とじ込み／提出するs: Tony Woolley is pictured with some of his 文書s showing 安全 cameras that were 任命する／導入するd by owners of a B&B below his home in Edinburgh

Nahid and Sohail Akram 任命する／導入するd the 器具／備品 に引き続いて 計画（する）s to turn their 迎賓館 into a 保釈（金） 宿泊所.

But the Woolleys said the bizarre move left them afraid th eir conversations were 存在 記録，記録的な／記録するd at the 所有物／資産／財産 in the Corstorphine area of the city.

They 追求するd a 合法的な （人命などを）奪う，主張する and racked up £30,000 in 合法的な costs, using their 貯金 and borrowing. But they have now been awarded £17,000 補償（金）.

Father-of-two Mr Woolley, 46, said the ordeal had left his wife and daughter Louisa 'petrifi ed'.

He said: 'On a nice day, we had to sit around the 味方する of the house, knowing it wasn't 存在 filmed but we knew there was 音声部の 同様に so couldn't even speak.

Wife: Debbie Wooley, 50, a nanny, said: 'It has been an 極端に stressful time for us as a family to feel so uncomfortable and 抑圧するd

'We'd be sat there whispering - it makes you feel that your human 権利s have been 侵害する／違反するd.

'Louisa would want to sit out in the nice 天候 like any girl her age in her bathing 衣装, but she couldn't.

'We've lived in different places and always had really good 関係s with our 隣人s but this was horrendous. We were embarrassed by it.?

'People would come 一連の会議、交渉／完成する to see us and we'd have to tell them not to speak at the 前線 of the house because they're 存在 記録，記録的な／記録するd.

At Edinburgh 郡保安官 法廷，裁判所, 郡保安官 Nigel Ross 公式文書，認めるd that CCTV cameras 任命する／導入するd by the Akrams were deliberately 始める，決める to cover the Woolleys' 私的な 所有物／資産／財産

'Anybody walking 負かす／撃墜する the street, at some point, could've been 記録，記録的な／記録するd. Even their own guests in the B&B.

'It was a living hell. いつかs you'd be outside and forget about the microphones and then ask yourself what you said.

'The microphones probably had the ability to listen into our house. They were 権利 under our bedroom window. We had to keep the windows shut at the 前線.'

The Woolleys moved into their flat in 2012, seeing it as the ideal place to bring up daughter Louisa, now 17, while their son Joseph, 21, would also visit.

The Akrams 任命する／導入するd four cameras and four 音声部の 記録，記録的な／記録するing boxes, which operated 24 hours-a-day and were 始める，決める to 記録，記録的な／記録する 永久的に

But trouble started when the Akrams 適用するd to change the use of their 所有物／資産／財産 from a guest house into a 保釈（金） 宿泊所 for up to 18 （刑事）被告 at a time.

The Woolleys …に反対するd the 使用／適用 and it was subsequently 辞退するd by the city 会議, 誘発するing a spat between the two families.

Both parties 任命する／導入するd CCTV cameras, the Woolleys' system covering the 前線 of their 所有物／資産／財産, a staircase to their 入り口 door at the 味方する and their garden.?

The Akrams 任命する／導入するd four cameras and four 音声部の 記録，記録的な／記録するing boxes, which operated 24 hours-a-day and were 始める，決める to 記録，記録的な／記録する 永久的に.

存在 watched: A 見解（をとる） of the Woolleys' garden in the Corstorphine area of Edinburgh - with the 隣人's cameras and microphones (in white boxes) on the drainpipe

にもかかわらず the upset 原因（となる）d, Tony and Debbie were 決定するd to stay in the family home - even though they have run up a £30,000 合法的な 法案.?

But after they 開始する，打ち上げるd a 合法的な （人命などを）奪う，主張する at Edinburgh 郡保安官 法廷，裁判所, 郡保安官 Nigel Ross 設立する in favour of the Woolleys.

He said the 活動／戦闘s of Mrs Akram, who co-owns the guest house with her husband, had been 'intrusive, 過度の and unjustified'.

郡保安官 Ross 公式文書，認めるd that CCTV cameras 任命する／導入するd by the Akrams were deliberately 始める，決める to cover the Woolleys' 私的な 所有物／資産／財産.

And he 宣言するd that the Woolleys had 苦しむd 'かなりの 苦しめる' as he awarded them 補償（金）.

Cameras on the drainpipe: The family were 支配するd to years of 悩ますing 監視 by 隣人s who snooped on them by directing cameras and listening 装置s at their home

Mrs Wooley, 50, a nanny, said: 'It has been an 極端に stressful time for us as a family to feel so uncomfortable and 抑圧するd, knowing persons who dislike you so much watch, 監視する and 記録，記録的な／記録する your family home.

'Most 乱すing is that recordings from within our home have most probably been 記録，記録的な／記録するd by the 音声部の boxes below our bedroom windows - disgusting behaviour.'?

She 追加するd: 'We are relieved that the 事例／患者 was 設立する in our favour. It has 明白に been a stressful time for the whole family.

'We have 苦しむd 大いに 予定 to the overzealous and 悩ますing 監視 directed at our home.'

A police 広報担当者 said: 'Police in Edinburgh have received a number of （民事の）告訴s from 演説（する）／住所s in Corstorphine Road regarding 問題／発行するs between 隣人s.

Result: Mr Woolley and his wife Debbie were awarded £17,000 at Edinburgh 郡保安官 法廷，裁判所

'Several （民事の）告訴s were made by both parties in March and April 2015 relating to 監視 器具／備品.

'A live interdict was in place regarding this 問題／発行する as part of an 現在進行中の civil 事例／患者 and appropriate advice was given.'

Some of the 器具／備品 remains and Mr Woolley now 計画（する）s to 追求する 施行 活動／戦闘 with the （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） Commissioner's Office (ICO) to have it 除去するd.

A 広報担当者 for the ICO said: 'Where a 関心 is 報告（する）／憶測d to us about the use of CCTV on 国内の 所有物／資産／財産 we 供給する 関連した advice about the 責任／義務s that come with 集会 and 蓄える／店ing CCTV images of individuals.'

Mrs Akram's lawyer said: 'We are 活発に considering an 控訴，上告 on a number of grounds.'??