Margaret Day was proud of her garden and always enjoyed sitting out in it.
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Day → enjoy → it
But her tranquil retreat was ruined by a ten-year campaign by an elderly neighbour who was caught fondling her bras on her washing line.
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who → ruin → line
Robert May, 73, also performed lewd acts while standing naked in his window and bombarded her with disgusting text messages.
He has now pleaded guilty to an act of outraging public decency after Mrs Day's daughter Sue Mason-Day installed a camera at her housing complex in Worcestershire.
May will be sentenced at Kidderminster Magistrates' Court later this month.
Mrs Mason-Day, 54, said her mother had endured 'years of hell' which started when her father Brian was still alive and continued after his death.
She told how he would send text messages saying 'show me your breasts' before it escalated to him touching himself naked in his flat window in plain view.
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him → perform → view
Sue, who has waived her right to anonymity alongside her mother, said: 'It's been going on for 11 years now.
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It → waive → years
'It started with text messages when my dad Brian was still alive.
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dad → start → messages
My mum had asked Rob to look after their birds when they went on holiday, and she received a message in response saying yes but only if he could look at her breasts.
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he → ask → breasts
The message from May read: 'When Brian goes to the pub, let me know I'm coming over to see your breasts'.
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I → read → breasts
He then added: 'I do things for you, so you should let me see your breasts.'
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me → add → breasts
Ms Mason-Day, decided to install a ring doorbell at her mother's property, which captured Rob May going into her garden and putting his fingers on her bras.
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May → decide → bras
Robert May standing naked in the window
Sue added: 'She asked him if it was a joke, but he wouldn't let it go.
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it → stand → him
She persistently asked him to stop as it wasn't funny.
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it → ask → him
'My mum wasn't sure about telling my dad - she was worried he would have an angina attack or even a full-on heart attack again - but she eventually did.
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she → tell → attack
'My dad ended up confronting Rob and told him we'd report it to the police if he didn't stop.
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he → end → police
After Margaret's husband Brian died in December 2014, May asked to attend the funeral, which the family refused.
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family → die → which
Sue added: 'My mum told him he was not welcome there.
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he → add → him
Even after my dad died he continued to message her.
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he → die → her
One message sent after she put the bins out for collection read 'I would have put the bin out, but you know what I want to see.''
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I → send → what
Margaret later received Valentine's cards from an unknown sender.
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Margaret → receive → sender
She said the card made her feel 'uneasy.'
Margaret Day and her daughter Sue Mason-Day
She also claimed to have seen May at her kitchen window around 5.30am, which frightened her.
The family eventually made the decision to install a Ring doorbell at the property.
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family → say → property
Mrs Mason Day said: 'I remember looking at the footage and it shows Rob going into her garden and putting his fingers on her bras.
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Rob → say → bras
He gained access by the rear garden via the closed gate.
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He → gain → gate
'Some of the clothing drying was my mum's underwear including two bras.
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Some → dry → bras
Once he got to the clothing he has then reached out with his left arm and touched both of the bras.
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he → get → bras
He seemed to be rubbing the inside of the cup areas.
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He → seem → areas
The incident was reported to police and May was given words of advice.
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May → report → advice
However, she said the situation worsened in July 2025.
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situation → say → July
She said: 'Last year, my mum told me she thought Rob had got a doll in his window.
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Rob → say → window
'A few days later, she realised it was Rob standing in his window naked.
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it → realise → window
She said one morning while making a cup of tea she could see see him and it frightened her as he had been close enough to be able to look directly into the kitchen.
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he → say → kitchen
I wasn't sure at first, but in July 2025, we decided we would try and get it on camera.'
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we → decide → camera
To gather evidence, Sue and her husband hid in the back of her mother's car while Margaret followed her usual routine.
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Margaret → gather → routine
She added: 'At the time my mum went out in the car, we watched Rob remove the net curtains and we started the video recording.
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we → add → recording
It showed him completely naked, masturbating in his flat window.
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him → show → window
He tried to deny it when we reported it to police, and said he was rubbing in deep heat.'
May initially pleaded not guilty to the offence but later changed his plea on September 15.
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May → try → September
Sue said: 'It has been 11 years of hell for my mum.
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It → say → mum
They would bring over meals for him as he was on his own.
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he → bring → own
They felt sorry for him.
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They → feel → him
'My mum was always proud of her garden, but now she can't even sit out in it.
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she → sit → it
It has been going on for too long.'
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It → go → ?
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