A man has admitted using motor oil and detergent to kill his neighbour’s fish and destroy a water pump out of ‘sheer frustration and lack of sleep’, a court has heard.
Gerry Duffy, 76, of Barnet, north London, was ‘driven completely insane’ by the sound of a water pump running in his neighbour’s fishpond.
At Willesden Magistrates’ Court this morning, Duffy pleaded guilty on the day of his trial to damaging the pond, fish, water pump and pipes in March.
He had warned his neighbour, Andreas Ptohides, that he would take matters into his own hands if he did not do something about
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