A Birmingham woman has been fined £70 and handed a supervision order after a six-year campaign of harassment that saw her throw used nappies, eggs and rubbish into a neighbouring family's garden.
Sufina Aslam, a mother of seven, was sentenced at Birmingham Magistrates' Court following what prosecutors described as persistent neighbourly issues spanning many years. The unnamed family in Yardley said they spent £4,000 clearing up the mess and repairing damage caused during the ordeal.
Six Years of Harassment
Footage captured Aslam emptying bin bags full of food and dirty nappies into the couple's garden. She also hurled an unidentified substance from a frying pan over the garden fence and flung sanitary towels at the property. Local residents said she would pound on the walls and shout abuse loudly enough to be heard several houses away.
One neighbour said: "I think it's disgusting that all she got fined was £70 when you think what that family have been through." They added: "She would throw eggs up at their walls after they had them painted, she pushed rubbish through their letterbox. This has gone on for years and that's all that happens."
Court Proceedings
Fahad Gazge, prosecuting, told the hearing: "Dirty nappies, sanitary towels and food waste were thrown over the garden fence. There was banging on the walls and shouting through the walls."
A 50-year-old neighbour said in a victim impact statement: "I can't sleep and my health is deteriorating. My children's education is affected. It's a constant mental torture for all of us. I panic when I hear her voice." Her husband, 53, added: "I can't live in peace. This has been going on for six or seven years. We're sick of it. It has happened at all hours of the day or night. She's now stopped for about six months and doing nothing."
Sentencing and Impact
District Judge Michelle Smith described the offending as "persistent" and ruled that an "intense supervision court order rather than custody" was the most suitable outcome, cautioning that further offending could result in imprisonment. When approached, Aslam's husband expressed frustration about the neighbours filming his wife discarding rubbish over the fence, asking "are they allowed to record our garden?"
