As stated earlier as a Targeted Individual on a Watchlist, once the notifications are sent out, all neighbours and authorities are informed to make life as difficult as possible and not to help the person involved. Moving house is a complete waste of time as the harassment will continue at the new residence.
In July 2019 our neighbour, Alberto, put his father’s house up for sale and placed a small for sale sign (Se Vende) in the corner of a window which was not clearly visible from the street.
Normally signs are put on the main gate of a property for maximum exposure when selling to the general public.
We were concerned that this was part of a plan to disrupt our peaceful lives as apparently the prospective buyer was buying it for their son who was a 20 year old student. The house was totally unsuitable for such a young person and would require considerable reformation. I gave the details to my accountant to keep on file as we explained to him that we thought this was part of the ongoing interference by my ex. It had previously been agreed in writing with Alberto that before he sold the house to anyone he would have the 60ft pine trees, which overhang our property, professionally cut.
As it turned out the sale had only been a verbal agreement and no deposit paid, so it did not go ahead. The email telling us of the sale has since been mysteriously deleted from our Yahoo email account.
We noticed in the middle of May this year that the tiny for sale sign in the window had been removed and we thought that selling the house had been abandoned.
On Saturday 27th June 2020 we saw Alberto showing a group of people around the house. Whilst talking to Alberto we informed the prospective buyers that there was an agreement to cut the pine trees before any house sale. Alberto indicated to them not to worry as once they moved in they could do what they liked. It appeared that Alberto was about to break our agreement so I contacted a lawyer to make them aware of the problem in case nothing was done about the trees. Alberto told us that the prospective buyers were relations of the neighbour Cesar, who lives at the top of the street. Alberto said “Nothing is guaranteed and it will take at least a month for them to obtain the mortgage and complete the necessary paperwork”. However, that same afternoon these prospective buyers had been given the keys to the property and had commenced renovation work which has now gone on for the past three months. Alberto confirmed by email that this was a private sale and it had not been notarised nor had the name of the new owner been registered with the Land Registry, which is a legal requirement in Spain. Who hands over house keys to potential buyers when a sale has not yet gone through or been legally completed?
This was also confirmed by the new neighbour, Mariano, who supposedly ‘owns’ the property and who said the legal paperwork for transfer of ownership would only be completed at the end of August. In the meantime he has continued to reform the property which he doesn’t own.
It is obvious that pressure has been put on Alberto to allow these people to move as fast as they have and I feel that there is an ulterior motive and I am even more worried for Amanda’s safety.
Previously Alberto had told us a story about his Mother being robbed of her jewellery in her apartment in Alcantarilla. He said she had been sprayed in the face which had incapacitated her and that her jewellery had been stolen as she was unable to move or speak. According to Alberto the criminals had come 70km from Alicante and were members of an organised crime gang which was part of the Ndrangheta. Knowing Alberto’s Mother and the situation of the apartment we thought the story was very far fetched but then it dawned on us he was giving us a warning. It was confirmed when he told Amanda that this was an organised crime carried out by the Ndrangheta. We had to ask him to explain what the Ndrangheta was and his reply was “Mafia”. Later he bought us pepper spray which he had purchased in Almeria which is over 100km outside the Murcia region. He warned us to be vigilant and to carry the pepper spray and take a baseball bat when walking the dogs in the countryside at the back of our house.
We are very concerned that this is not a genuine property sale and it has been organised by Mike Miller’s (Mike Hoeptner’s) criminal contacts as part of the Ndrangheta in Spain.
In early July after some over the wall discussions with Mariano the new neighbour, he presented us with an estimate for our share in the removal of the pine trees. The estimate had been given to him by Alberto to pass on to us. Mariano said the cost was 6000 euros which was to be shared between Alberto, Mariano and ourselves.
We then contacted a lawyer Jessica Martinez at Abaco Advisers and asked her to put in a formal denuncia to the Town Hall as we had no intention of paying for the removal of Alberto’s trees which were causing damage to our property. I also mentioned that there was more to what was going on than just the pine trees and that there is a much bigger issue involving criminal interference in our lives. She agreed that it was not our responsibility to pay for the trees but did not acknowledge the bigger issue. Alberto then informed us by email that he had got permission to cut the trees, so we put a hold on the denuncia awaiting Alberto’s and the new neighbours actions. Thankfully the threat of the denuncia worked and the trees have been cut without any cost to us.
The neighbour and workmen have worked continually renovating the property since 27th June. Initially they flattened the land and built the swimming pool and then a contractor removed the pine trees.
To maintain our privacy, because they have constructed a very large metal gazebo adjacent to our adjoining wall and overlooking our lounge, Mariano asked Amanda if we wanted to increase the height of the adjoining wall so that she would not feel intimidated.
We would have preferred to use our own builder who we have known for many years but after initial contact in June when we asked him for an estimate for another job, which he agreed to do, he was then frightened off and now does not return our calls.
We then asked Mariano to get a written estimate and he said he would have to ask his boss (pregunta mi jefe) which he has said on several occasions and gives a very clear indication that he has to ask permission from higher authority before he can do any work and this indicates that he is not the owner of the property.
A verbal estimate for the wall was given by the company renovating the property, Sercoal, which was for 6900 euros – 3450 for us and the same for the new neighbour, which was absolutely ridiculous. We priced the materials and man hours and estimated that our share of the wall with tax would cost 2500 euros which is the amount we have paid. It was only after I showed Mariano how annoyed I was and proved to him that the estimate was extortionate that he agreed to accept my figures. This is the attitude of the new people next door and their intentions, if we had been gullible enough, to fleece us. There definitely is an agenda and we feel this man and his family have been employed by this network to disrupt our lives.
We will keep updating this blog as and when necessary.
Ron and Amanda Bilson