Five-year Asbo in garden dispute

A woman has been handed a five-year anti-social behaviour order for a campaign of misery that she launched against her next door neighbours.

The ordeal began over a fence boundary dispute in Pinner, north London.

Celia Edge, 40, of Lyndhurst Gardens, threw rubbish across her neighbours' drive, sanitary towels into their garden and flooded their garden.

Harrow Magistrates' Court heard that the neighbours resorted to installing CCTV to gather evidence in the case.

Stephen and Angela Kent collected evidence totalling 143 DVDs in their bid to end the campaign by Ms Edge.

Harrow Council's anti-social behaviour team then worked with police for a year to put together the case against Ms Edge.

Four former neighbours of Ms Edge also gave statements in support of the Kents, who the court heard felt unable to go on holiday for fear of what they might find when they returned.

Councillor Susan Hall, head of environmental services for Harrow Council, called the lengthy Asbo "a good result".

"This is totally unacceptable behaviour which caused her neighbours to live in total misery for a number of years.

"This was a very severe case of anti-social behaviour with a catalogue of evidence to support the neighbours' claims."

Ms Edge is banned from damaging the Kents' garden, leaving rubbish outside their house or entering their property.