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Ivana Finch & Andrew Brookes

Neighbour demands mum limits her child's outside play time and threatens to call police

A mum was shocked after being told to only let her child play in the garden for a few minutes a day because it annoys the pets next door. The woman was left a note from a neighbour over the young girl's "disruptive behaviour", including "laughing and giggling", with a threat that police will be called if it doesn't stop.

In the note, the neighbour of one year told the woman she had been given time to "correct the problem" but was "too inconsiderate". It was claimed her daughter's gleeful playing when the weather is nice bothers the neighbour's dogs and a bird which "likes to look into the garden" from the window.

TikTok user dawnydawnperil shared a video showing the note, which has comments disabled but has thousands of likes. The clip showed folded paper - with the words "To Neighbour" visible - sticking through the mail slot on the door before the full note is shown, reports Coventry Live.

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It reads: "Dear neighbour. I moved here a year ago and I wanted to give you time to correct this problem on your own, but you are apparently too inconsiderate to do so. Every day this week, when weather has been nice and windows are open, you proceed to let your small child run free in your garden, laughing and giggling and carrying on without end.

"This is very disruptive for my two dogs and my bird who sits next to the window and likes to look into the garden. Perhaps you could ask your child to tone it down a bit, or at least limit her outside time to 15 - 20 minutes a day so my dogs can go outside without seeing her. If this behaviour persists I will call the police!"

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