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A nightmare neighbour who terrorised the couple residing upstairs by way of their Ring doorbell has been jailed for greater than three years.
Drina Grey, 52, harassed victims Ben and Emma, who didn’t wish to give their surnames, ‘morning, midday and evening’, Kingston Crown Cort heard.
Her ‘relentless’ marketing campaign started months after she moved into the flat beneath them in Wandsworth, southwest London, in April 2023, leaving them feeling like prisoners in their very own house.
Ben mentioned Grey smashed two Ring doorbells in lower than a yr, issued common chilling threats through the cameras and took her canine to soil their doorstep.
He claimed he even misplaced his job at a startup firm due to the shortage of sleep from Grey blasting loud music and hoovering the communal hallway within the early hours of the morning.
Numerous disturbing movies captured by Ben’s cameras present Grey shouting, swearing and threatening him.
After she was lastly prosecuted and a choose ordered her into custody, she fled from courtroom and went on the run for weeks.
She has now admitted fees of harassment supposed to place in worry of violence, two fees of felony harm referring to doorbell cameras she smashed and a public order offence of utilizing threatening phrases and behavior in the direction of Ben.
Choose Peter Lodder KC mentioned she ‘deserves’ the 40-month sentence he imposed and advised her: ‘You made their lives hell.
‘You persistently harassed them morning, midday and evening.
‘Regardless of orders being obtained to hunt to stop you from behaving in the best way you probably did, you continued in your marketing campaign.
‘It could be that you simply had been drunk, however that’s not an excuse – it’s an aggravation.
‘It’s no comfort in any respect to the individuals you had been threatening with excessive violence.
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‘This was over a interval of six months. You effectively knew what you had been doing.’
Prosecutor Dylan Bub, outlining the details of the case, advised the courtroom: ‘The sufferer and defendant are neighbours – they dwell in the identical block.
‘The defendant moved into the underside flat in April 2023.
‘Because the defendant moved into her property, she engaged in a marketing campaign of harassment towards [Ben].’
Mr Bub defined that although the primary yr handed with out incident, Ben put in cameras at his property after Grey stole two parcels from exterior his door.
In Could 2024, he mentioned Grey broke the primary of two Ring doorbell cameras – which price £100 every – by punching it ‘repeatedly’.
Mr Bub advised the courtroom that after Ben reported Grey’s harassment to police, she continued to make threats – together with as soon as threatening to burn his home down.
Ben advised the courtroom that Grey’s abusive marketing campaign had left him feeling ‘embarrassed and humiliated’.
In his witness assertion, written final December, he mentioned: ‘To place it merely, this example has utterly taken over my life.
‘What ought to have been a cheerful and thrilling time for me – proudly owning and residing in my first house – has was a residing nightmare.
‘At evening, I now must put on earplugs and activate a fan simply to attempt to drown out the noise of shouting, swearing and continuous abuse.
‘I’ve misplaced my peace of thoughts, my well being, my job, and even the flexibility to take pleasure in my house. I simply wish to really feel secure and regular once more.’
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