03/02/2020 2016 BCSC 686 Pritchard v. Van Nes Some of you who know me well know I’ve had a neighbour videotaping me and my family in the backyard over the summers.... Under the guise of keeping record of our dog... Now that we have friends living with us with their 4 kids including young daughters we think it’s borderline obsessive and not normal adult behavior... Not to mention a red flag because Doug works for the Abbotsford school district on top of it all!!!! The mirrors are a minor thing... It was the videotaping as well as his request to the city of Abbotsford to force us to move our play centre out of the covenanted forest area and closer to his property line that really, really made me feel as though this man may have a more serious problem. [23] Over the next 21 hours, this posting prompted 57 further posts – 48 made by 36 different “friends” of the defendant, and 9 by the defendant herself. Some of the more egregious of the postings are as follows (with spellings and punctuation as in the originals): a) From the defendant: I’m guessing I may have to move the play centre if the city deems that necessary … however it will most likely get move to somewhere else as I refuse to put the kids closer to this nutters yard. b) From a “friend”: If it’s on covenanted land, that makes sense. But I’d still question if what he’s doing is legal. To which the defendant replied: I know the police says it is, but so disturbing to hear the video camera moving back and forth when I’m close to the property line. I interject to note there was no such video camera. c) From a “friend”: creepy… d) From a “friend” who the plaintiff, in his testimony, identified as a retired Abbotsford school principal, a city councillor, and a father of one of his students: in order for him to video your children I believe he has to have your permission to do so?? You may want to check that but other than that … send an enraged Father! e) From a “friend”: Katie WTF!!!!!!! no one is thinking this is out of norm in the law world cmon on!!!!! freeeeeeeeky f) From a “friend”: Sounds like a freak to me! g) From a “friend”: #creeper h) From a “friend” who the plaintiff, in his testimony, identified as a local real estate agent – a point of some significance, as Ms. Pritchard works in that industry, as a mortgage broker: This is extremely disturbing, and maddening! If you have some kind of intervention and would like more of a presence, I am more than happy to show up. https://www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/16/06/2016BCSC0686.htm 5/26