A neighbour left a woman scared in her own home after a campaign of attacks.
The southeast London dispute centred around Adam Vickers, 51, repeatedly damaging his neighbour’s front door.
Vickers pleaded guilty to three counts of criminal damage and was found guilty at trial of harassment against a neigbour.
Bromley Magistrates’ Court was told of the spate of abuse, which happened between September 2024 and January 2025 in Bexley.
On Ring doorbell footage Vickers was seen using a chisel to remove the camera.
In another incident, he threw milk over the door – then washed it off.
He was then seen stabbing the door multiple times in a third instance, the court heard.
Vickers claimed the facts presented by the prosecution were “very inaccurate” despite his guilty pleas to criminal damage.
Bromley Magistrates’ Court heard how Vickers made a series of attacks to his neighbour’s door
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His victim said in an impact statement she told her sister not to bring her nieces to the home due to the threat their neighbour posed, the News Shopper reported.
She said: “As soon as my doorbell notification goes off I’m quick to check it, as I’m on edge the whole time that it’ll be Adam at my front door.
“My flat was my home and used to be my safe haven, but since this incident with Adam I no longer feel safe and I’m constantly on edge.
“I shouldn’t have to feel like this in my home.”
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Vickers used a chisel to remove his neighbour’s doorbell camera (file photo)
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On January 30, Vickers was sentenced to a one-year community order including 100 hours of unpaid work and 15 days of rehabilitation.
He also was ordered to pay £600 compensation for the damage and a restraining order was filed.
His punishment was meted out just days after another neighbour was sentenced for fat-shaming a homeowner and calling her “a waste of human life”.
Marc Hudson from Ulverston, Cumbria, pleaded guilty to one count of harassment without violence and was ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work.
The two-year neighbour row culminated with him committing the offence over an eight-day period in June last year, South Cumbria Magistrates’ Court heard.
Hudson insulted the victim, making repeated insults about her weight, made “chimpanzee noises”, and told her to “get a job or get a life”.
He also called her a burden on society and a “waste of human life”.
Magistrates slapped him with a 12-month community order requiring 200 hours of unpaid work and an 18-month restraining order, before making him pay £85 in court costs and a £114 victim surcharge.
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