A nightmare neighbour is going through jail after waging a vindictive smear and surveillance marketing campaign in opposition to his neighbours during which he accused them of utilizing medicine and welcoming rapists into their house.
Matthew Kenyon, 36, turned so ‘fixated’ together with his neighbours — Carey and Rachel Types — that he arrange CCTV cameras to spy on them, a court docket heard.
Throughout his 10-month marketing campaign, Kenyon wrote a collection of pen emails and made up complaints in regards to the couple in a bid to get them to go away their £200,000 rented property in Widnes, Cheshire.
Nicknamed ‘Huge Brother’, Kenyon wrote letters to the varsity the place Mrs Types labored as a educating assistant, falsely claiming she and her husband combined with ‘prolific cocaine customers’.
He additionally reported Mr Types to the police and native council after Kenyon found he was unwittingly using a convicted rapist as one in every of his labourers.
In a single ranting electronic mail to native authorities, Kenyon referred to himself as a ‘bulldog with a wasp in my mouth’ and referred to as Mr Types a ‘scumbag (who) has overstayed his welcome’.
The court docket heard Mr and Mrs Types moved into the property at Nice Road in 2017, however they fell out with Kenyan when a gust of wind blew their van door in opposition to the bodywork of Kenyon’s BMW.
They started feuding over the price of repairs and Mr Types was reported to police after he was repeatedly caught on Kenyon’s CCTV hurling abuse and on one event spraying the BMW with bleach.
Matthew Kenyon, 36, (pictured) faces jail after being convicted of stalking
Rachel Types (left) and husband Carey Types (proper) moved out of their house because of the smear and surveillance marketing campaign by Kenyon
In 2022, Mr Types was convicted of harassment and was fined £160 and needed to abide by a six-month ‘acceptable behaviour contract’ drawn up by Halton Housing which rents out the property.
However Kenyon despatched a slew of additional complaints about Mr and Mrs Types to numerous companies in a spiteful try and have them moved on.
At Warrington Magistrates Courtroom, Kenyon denied wrongdoing however was convicted of stalking after a trial.
In one in every of a collection of emails to the headmistress at Mrs Types faculty, Kenyon stated of her friendship with one other couple: ‘It revolves round snorting cocaine and internet hosting events all of the hours.
‘As Mrs Rachel Types is employed as a educating assistant, she’s answerable for kids in her care. How accountable can she be for these kids if she is off her head on drink and medicines?
‘She even went out till 4am on the day after the Queen had handed away.’
Kenyon additional claimed Mr Types had been convicted of felony injury, driving at a pedestrian, intimidation and different ‘behaviours’ which he stated had been ‘inspired by his spouse.’
One ranting electronic mail which ran to eight A4 pages and which copied in police, the native council and Ofsted learn: ‘I’m a bulldog with a wasp in my mouth and I by no means as soon as again down.
‘I do know it will return to them, however I don’t care. Mr Carey Types and Mrs Rachel Types each should be drug examined. I’ll say till I’m blue within the face.
Pictured: Nice Road in Widnes the place the harassment occurred
‘I don’t need a convicted rapist visiting subsequent door neither do residents. This scum bag has overstayed his welcome in Widnes. They should pack their luggage. I recommend that the police get in contact with me with regards the police criticism as I will likely be contacting them one final time as we speak. Sufficient is sufficient.’
Mr Types, 44, informed the court docket: ‘A few of the complaints had been even about my singing. I used to be speculated to have been singing in opposition to him however the reality is I used to be singing in my van when coming house from work.
‘I simply wished to abide with the order given by the court docket and get on with my life however I used to be always underneath statement. There have been quite a few cameras not solely trying exterior the property however inside my property and backyard.
‘We’d inform individuals coming to my home: ‘You might be underneath statement. Huge Brother is watching you.’ I needed to let individuals know to not converse exterior my door as cameras had been selecting up each phrase they had been saying.
‘I defined to them to not converse exterior and in the event that they did converse to talk quietly.
‘He might see straight into the again backyard the place we used to take a seat. We used to have a desk and a jacuzzi which we needed to transfer after which eliminated altogether as a result of we knew that the cameras had been observing into our non-public property.
‘One digicam was instantly pointed at two facet home windows so we needed to have our blinds on a tilt so you may not see by way of. We made quite a few makes an attempt to go away and even joined a few home swapping teams.
‘He made residing in our home an absolute distress. Each single minute in our property – even when the doorways had been closed and the blinds closed it was a distress for us. We needed to transfer.
‘I feel he was making an attempt to antagonise me, making an attempt to rile me, making an attempt to get me indignant. I consider his motivation was to destroy our lives which we had labored so onerous to get.
‘It is probably due to jealousy – he’s jealous of the success that I’ve obtained. He doesn’t like the way in which I’m residing my life. I’m completely happy doing good issues however we had been always underneath statement.
‘We knew that he was making an attempt to get us moved by false malicious allegations. The truth is the police and the native housing affiliation got here collectively and informed us it was in our greatest pursuits to maneuver – based mostly on security, our wellbeing and sanity.’
Mrs Types, 43, added: ‘It was an absolute nightmare and a extremely horrible time in my life. I used to be coping with most cancers, coping with the remedy and making an attempt to recuperate from that. It was horrendous.’
Kenyon reported Mr Types to the police and native council after he found Mr Types was unwittingly using a convicted rapist as one in every of his labourers. Pictured: Carey Types
She stated Kenyon had posted a message on social media plus an image of the property and its full handle saying the council was wanting to maneuver them.
She added: ‘It simply made me really feel sick and violated. Someone got here to the home at house in relation to the advert on social media. I used to be upset and crying and I used to be distraught. The person truly apologised and left.
‘I simply didn’t wish to stay there. I felt like I used to be being watched 24/7. It was a horrible atmosphere to stay in. The CCTV cameras had been everywhere in the home. One of many cameras had a voice recorder so they might hear our voices.
‘It was horrendous. I liked my job and it actually knocked my self-confidence. I feel he was making an attempt to damage our lives, making an attempt to get me a nasty character and make me lose my job. Some days I simply didn’t wish to rise up off the bed. I used to be so fed up. It was a horrible, horrible time.’
In his proof Kenyon denied intentionally pointing his CCTV cameras on the Types’ property however stated he had been suggested by the council and police to compile a log of incidents following Mr Types harassment conviction.
Kenyon stated: ‘I don’t really feel that both organisation took the stories after his conviction severely. I’ve since been recognized with anxiousness because of the harassment from him.
‘I used to be annoyed as a result of police and Halton Housing weren’t taking any motion in opposition to the Types, or confronting the harassment that he was inflicting us which was all backed up with proof of CCTV.
‘My observations are from what I’ve seen from simply being round. Even on the entrance you see them very often, and on the driveway. You do see so much.
‘When I’m reporting to the authorities and they don’t seem to be taking any motion I am not simply going to overlook about it. I wished constructive motion to return from it.’
In convicting Kenyon JP Fraser Geekie stated: ‘It’s clear to us that you may not settle for the view of the authorities that the behaviour of your neighbours didn’t represent harassment. Because of this you acted within the method alleged.
‘The content material of the emails went nicely past a rational intervention and you’re fully unaccepting of the views of the authorities.
‘There are various complaints which had been unjustified. Your behaviour between September 1, 2022 and the June 10, 2023 was certainly unreasonable and irrational. This has a minimum of handed the group penalty threshold and it’d go additional than that.’
Kenyon was informed to return for sentencing on July 9.
