A neighbour who bit and head-butted other residents has been spared jail so he can spend Christmas with his estranged son. Andrew Scott, 52, admitted assaulting an emergency worker, common assault and criminal damage at Crewe Magistrates Court.
Scott, who lived in a three-storey housing block in Macclesfield, Cheshire, brought misery to his neighbours over a 15-year period. He head-butted and bit one neighbour, and hurled furniture belonging to another off his balcony after petty feuds over noise and bins.
On May 22 this year, Scott fell out with a neighbour over refuse collection arrangements. He threw her wheelbarrow, table, plant troughs and a large bucket off his balcony, causing £195 damage. When a police officer arrived, Scott kicked her in the shin, causing her to fall onto her elbows.
On October 12, Scott head-butted another neighbour, Samuel Elliot, on the forehead and bit his hand. Mr Elliot suffered minor bruising and received a tetanus shot. Scott had a previous conviction for smashing neighbours' windows in 2016 after drinking seven pints, for which he received a £160 fine.
Scott faced up to 12 months in prison but was given a 10-week suspended sentence after claiming his son, whom he had not seen in 16 years, was planning to visit from New Zealand at Christmas. He said: 'I am looking forward to having a drink and catch up with him.'
