To set the scene; we have a late 50ish neighbour who we get on quite well with, almost every evening, rain or shine, he's in his back garden reading the paper and having a few* drinks.
Yesterday we had a family bbq, and usually we give him a burger or so over the fence, however, the last few nights we haven't seen him, his cat hasn't been out, and his kitchen light has been left on.
He's gotten out of hospital recently, after having an ulcer (due to his drinking) which apparently would have been fatal if he'd left it much longer.
He's also recently gotten a girlfriend, who by the sounds of it also has a bit of a drink problem, they've been out there getting hammered every night.
Anyway, my gf being the concerned and caring type was worried that we've not seen him recently, so called the police non emergency no saying she was worried about him having collapsed or something.
They came out, had a little chat with us (fair enough), and then smashed his back door in (ooer misses!) =( didn't find anything tho thankfully. However, his back garden is now a mess, with his back door boarded up.
Did we do the right thing, or should we have kept our noses out? It's a council rented property, so he won't have to pay for repairs, but feeling rather guilty =/
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