Neighbours accused of ‘overwatering plants’ during dispute deny harassment
They deny the charges and will be back in court in April.
A couple have denied flooding their neighbour’s alleyway by overwatering plants and putting barbed wire on garden fencing during a harassment campaign that lasted more than a year.
Sandra Durdin, 58, and Trevor Dempsey, 62, are also alleged to have erected props and dolls, put up a piece of black felt with colourful paint on it, and parked vehicles on Joanne Shreeves’ driveway in east London.
Both pleaded not guilty to a charge of harassment when they appeared together in the dock at Thames Magistrates’ Court in Bow on Thursday.
The charges state that between June 2020 and August 2021 their actions were aimed at ‘causing distress’ to Ms Shreeves in Chingford.
Durdin, who is also accused of destroying a £1,350 CCTV camera belonging to Ms Shreeves in May 2021, pleaded not guilty to a charge of criminal damage.
She and Dempsey were conditionally bailed to appear for a two-day trial at Stratford Magistrates’ Court in east London from April 11.
The couple are now living in Ramsgate, Kent.
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