Overview

• Moffat’s video footage shows neighbours brandishing knives and fighting in communal stairwells at the Mayfield estate.
• Despite repeated police interventions and three years of complaints, neither eviction nor transfer has been approved by Melville Housing Association.
• The housing association says it collaborates with Police Scotland but cannot discuss individual cases due to confidentiality.
• Residents report that local drug users taking substances in stairwells have fuelled antisocial behaviour and violence.
• Moffat has relied on antidepressants and anxiety medication to cope with persistent fear and stress.