Birmingham woman avoids jail over seven years of harassing neighbours with rubbish

Right · 2Sufina Aslam, a 42-year-old mother of seven from Yardley, Birmingham, was given a 12-month supervision order at Birmingham Magistrates' Court after a campaign against her neighbours that lasted about seven years. 1 2 Right · 1She pleaded guilty to two counts of harassment and one count of breaching a restraining order. 2 Right · 2Video footage released this week, filmed earlier this year, shows her throwing dirty nappies, sanitary towels, crisp packets and food packaging into the garden next door, and tipping bags of rubbish into a garden already covered in litter. In other clips she is seen smirking over the fence while throwing pans of cooking oil. 1 2

Right · 1Prosecutor Fahad Gazge told the court that dirty nappies, sanitary towels and food were thrown over the fence, and that there was banging and shouting through the walls. 1 Right · 2The neighbours had to pay £4,000 to clear the waste and repair damage to their home, according to the Daily Mail; GB News describes the sum as cleaning costs. 1 2 Right · 1In a victim impact statement, a 50-year-old neighbour said she could not sleep, her health was deteriorating and her children's education was affected, calling it "a constant mental torture for all of us". 1

Right · 2Another neighbour said it had gone on for six or seven years at all hours of day and night, and that Aslam had stopped about six months ago; GB News identifies him as a 53-year-old man who was unsure why they were targeted. 2 1 Right · 2District Judge Michelle Smith said an intense supervision order rather than custody was appropriate, but warned that any further offending could lead to a prison sentence. Aslam was also ordered to pay £70 to her neighbours. GB News quotes the judge as calling the offending "persistent". 1 2