My neighbour reported me for ‘shooting my airsoft gun at them’
My neighbours have been making our lives miserable for about two years. They’ve also been repeatedly racist towards my family during that time.
It started with them throwing toys and gel into our garden. We asked them to stop and reported it several times. At one point they threw chocolate into our garden, my dog got hold of it, and I had to pry it out of her mouth before taking her to the vet because chocolate is toxic to dogs.
After we told them to stop, things got worse. They knew I played airsoft, so they reported to the police that I had a pistol. I didn’t. What I actually owned were was a AIRSOFT REPLICA of an: M1A1, a bullpup rifle, and an M4-style rifle.
Now their kid, who’s around 8 years old, has claimed that I shot him, and the police have become involved. I completely deny the allegation. I’ve been asked to attend a police interview, and my airsoft guns have been seized.
The police also seem to want to deal with it as quickly as possible by offering a community resolution, but that would mean giving up my airsoft guns. I don’t have a job, so replacing them isn’t something I can afford, and I’m worried I’ll lose them permanently over an allegation I say isn’t true.
Has anyone here been through something similar? Should I agree to a community resolution, or should I insist on the case being properly investigated?
We have a truck-load of evidence against them but can’t use because we aren’t doing a court case or smth, the neighbours lives in community housing.
What should I expect from the interview, and is there a good chance I’ll get my airsoft guns back if nothing is found against me?
All three of the guns has been seized.
We also have video evidence and physical evidence of them harassing us and me not shooting them
And no we dont have ukara