Condolences on the loss of your wife.
Sorry to hear your having trouble with your neighbour. However to claim compensation or complain to your local authority/police, you need evidence of some sort. Unless you have a neighbour who will reliably back you up. If thats not possible your best option is to have a CCTV, that will also record audio in the area/s your most abused. The benifit of CCTV is its time and date stamped and will stand up in a court of law. Such a system need not be expensive and can be wireless but, it needs to provide adequate picture & sound quality and needs to be recorded on a hardrive or the cloud as long as you can recover a copy that shows the date/time stamp to give the poilice and for evidene in court. Screwfix, Toolstation or the likes Amazon will probably have what you need or you can ask for a quote for a cheap system from a electrician or cctv installer if you have no one to help fit a diy system. You could even rig a camera up indoors as evidence providing your dog doesn’t bark constantly as evidence. Any advice on CCTV fitting or whether something is suitable please ask
You may well find fitting CCTV your neigbour doesn’t bother you anymore!
Another option, only if you think your neighbour won’t get physical is record the abuse on your phone.
Esit. It is also advisable to contact the police on 101 and report/log a complaint everytime your neighbour throws abuse at you. By doing this will also build up a file of evidence, should you need the police to attend and can also be used in court towards evidence.
If you live in a council or HA property, it can also be reported to them as well.
