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I was forced to leave my home by neighbour who threw BRICKS at us over the fence in driveway row – it was awful
A COUPLE say they have been forced to move home after being terrorised by a neighbour from hell who chucked bricks at them.
Sandra Durdin and Trevor Dempsey were locked in an 18-month battle with Joanne Shreeves, 51, following a row over a concrete post in their driveway.
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It culminated in Shreeves - daughter of ex-Spurs manager Peter - hurling bricks and part of a kitchen cabinet over a fence dividing their properties in Chingford, Essex.
She has been convicted of assault, criminal damage and two counts of threatening behaviour with intent after causing £5,000 worth of damage.
The couple have now revealed how they were forced to leave their home and move to Ramsgate, Kent, following the drama.
Sandra, 58, told The Sun Online: "Being pushed out of our home was absolutely awful.
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"My whole life was in Chingford. Both myself and my husband were born there and have lived there our entire lives. All of our family and friends are there.
"It felt like I had been punished and she was getting away with it. But we had to leave because I was having panic attacks all the time and I was too frightened to leave my own house. I was fearing for my life."
Sandra said it has been "difficult" trying to adjust to their new life as they do not know anyone living in the seaside town.
She added: "We are trying to make a new start for ourselves but people where we have moved to were seeing that in the news.
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"It was almost like we had moved away for no reason."
Shocking CCTV showed Shreeves almost hitting Sandra as she lobbed a shovel full of cement over the fence topped with barbed wire.
Stratford Magistrates' Court also heard how she told her neighbours “you’re dead” and called one “you dirty f****** c***”.
She was described like a "woman possessed" after "going berserk" during the horror.
Sandra told the court: "She went to her garage, took out her shovel and shovelled out what we put in and threw it over the top of the fence and actually hit me.
“You could see her throwing boulders over the fence throwing stuff at the house and windows.
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“She was out of control. There were boulders and bricks coming over your fence. If that had have hit us it would have killed us.”
Shreeves will be sentenced on June 6.
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