Subequent note to this introduction: in August 2007 this Resident was in the block - and told me that her fight over the July 2002 service charge demand had cost her "over £1 million" (US$1.8 million). (I replied that I was "amazed" at the fact that she was still in the block)

Events in relation to Resident K are covered in the Kensington & Chelsea Police section and My Diary w/c 18 March 2002 ; 25 March 2002 ; 24 April 2002 ; 31 May 2002 ; 11 July 2002

The police claimed that all the anonymous phone calls I had received were from Resident K - as detailed in the 11 July 2002 letter from the Chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority

"[Resident K] is held fully responsible for the crime.

There was therefore no option other than to hold Mrs [x] fully responsible for this crime"

As explained in the Police section, the explanation from the police is far from convincing.

On 24 April 2002 Resident K 'corners me' in Walton St at 19h30 looking clearly worried.   I challenge her several times by saying:  

"Are you saying you made the calls yourself, not Ladsky?"

She says 7-8 times that she has nothing against me, that she likes me. She does not reply 'yes' to my question.   I tell her that the matter is not over.

I subsequently found that a "caution", filed on 10 October 2003 in favour of Steel Services had been entered on the Land Registry for flat 33 .

See the Particulars of Claim (1.1MB) filed in West London County Court on 29 November 2002 , which indicate that the claim against flat 33 was the second highest, at £62,000 (US$109,300)

Resident K came to my flat one day in Jan/Feb 2002 to complain about Mr Ladsky saying that he was "making a lot of noise in the middle of the night, fighting with his girlfriend" .   I suggested she reports this to the local authority.  

In 2001, Resident K had complained to Resident H (who headed the Residents Association) of noise from Mr Ladsky's flat in the middle of the night.

(At the time, Resident H was trying to organise the leaseholders to respond to the offer of buying the headlease - see Notices by landlord - 13 December 2000).

Leaseholder H reported that Resident K had told her she was very frightened of Mr Ladsky. Apparently, Resident K also said the same thing to Leaseholder A, the Elderly Resident.

When she came to my flat in Jan/Feb 2002, Resident K also told me that, one evening, as she was getting into the lift two men forced their way in and asked her why she was not paying her service charge.

(Please note that Ms Hathaway, Martin Russell Jones, sent the service charge demand for the major works five months later in a letter dated 15 July 2002 ).

In addition to her visit, I also had 1-2 phone calls from Resident K in which she repeated the same thing, and said that she could no longer live in the block.   Two years later i.e. in 2004, I saw her in the block

What really happened with this Resident? I do not know... but in August 2007 she was in the block - and told me that her fight over the July 2002 service charge demand had cost her "over £1 million" (US$1.8 million). (I replied that I was "amazed" at the fact that she was still in the block)

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