Neighbour’s plea over students’ ‘ disrespect’
AWOODLANDS woman has slammed a lack of ac t ion a f t er claims students continue to show “disrespect” to the community. Shirley Lenehan previously described a hell of student parties in privately leased flats on Arlington Street in the West End as she appealed for help from university bosses.
She claimed parties only got worse after house gatherings were banned in the city under coronavirus restrictions and continued despite an outbreak of cases among Glasgow University restrictions.
While parties have declined since reports in the Glasgow Times, Mrs Lenehan described an uneasy tension remains among the community amid “offensive and disrespectful behaviour”.
According to the woman, students were seen throwing a beer can across the road and making lewd gestures at her husband after latenight noise concerns.
While Glasgow University officials promised their students would apologise, she claims this did not happen.
She said: “None of that happened. Last night I had come to bed around 10pm and I woke up with the worst noise and my husband said they were out the window on the ledge.
The woman who is recovering from cancer explained she did not get to sleep until 8am on Thursday due to anxiety and noise young students sitting outside the ledge.
“It is a matter of time until one of them falls twenty feet and break their neck. There has got to be some responsibility from someone here. “
“The fact of the matter is this situation is getting out of hand. I have lost a lot of sleep and that is not the way I want to live my life,” she added.
“I really don’t want this to become a very nasty horrible situation. I think I have given Glasgow University every opportunity to address this matter.”
She emphasised that despite students living in surrounding flats in the past this is the first time it caused issues.
A Glasgow
University spokesman
assured that students approached on the matter.
He said: “It is our understanding that there are a number of student households in the block in question, from different universities.
“We have spoken to our students to remind them of their responsibilities within the community and the importance of adhering to current guidance about social gatherings, and we have also been in touch with the neighbours to offer our ongoing support should the disturbances continue.
“Whilst we can and do take action under our student code of conduct, we are trying to resolve this issue between neighbours in this case.” were