Cheshire East Councillor Brendan Murphy repeatedly called his neighbours a 'peeping Tom' and a 'tart'
An elected councillor inflicted misery on his elderly neighbours with a 13 year bombardment of insults across their garden fence.
Murphy, an independent councillor on Cheshire East Council, was fined just £100 after being convicted of harassing his neighbours.Stockport Magistrates Court heard the insults became so bad that the Boyds built a six high foot fence to stop Murphy barking his comments through their adjoining privet hedge.In a statement read to court, Mr Boyd said: ‘Mr Murphy seems to get pleasure out of making these comments and when walking down the road, I have to check to see if he is in his garden.
‘He likes to bully me and the only time I can relax is when he goes out. I cannot walk down the road on my own and I do not feel safe until I am down the road.‘This has been causing an incredible amount of stress, so much so that I have had problems with my immune system. I am fearful when my young grandson is round in case he makes any comments. He is unpredictable and dangerous.’
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