A pensioner threatened neighbours with a crowbar during a period of harassment lasting seven months.
Carlisle’s magistrates’ court today heard that David John Potts was involved in a dispute with neighbours between October 1, 2019 and March 11 last year in Wigton.
He caused one set of neighbours harassment by shouting, swearing and being abusive, and threatening to damage their property.
Potts also shone a torch on their roof, directed a noise nuisance towards them and stared into their house windows.
The Wigton pensioner, who lives at Sevenoaks Terrace, changed his plea to guilty prior to the start of a trial, having previously denied the offences.
The second offence took place between September 28, 2019, and March 15, 2020, when he caused harassment to a second set of neighbours, shouting, being abusive and threatening to assault them.
Potts also threatened them with a crowbar and a stick and made accusations towards them.
Magistrates said these were serious offences and they fell into the community punishment threshold bracket, but under the circumstances they would impose a fine of £270 for each offence and prosecuting costs of £400.
A restraining order was also imposed that he has no direct contact with any of the named victims for a period of 18 months.
