Overview

• Wendy Lau, 54, admitted to stalking involving serious alarm and distress and received a four-month suspended prison sentence at Portsmouth Crown Court.
• Her harassment tactics included using power tools at night, playing loud music, throwing stones, banging on walls, and pointing CCTV cameras at her neighbours' home.
• The victims, Abigail Beckett and Stuart Turner, were forced to leave their Portchester home in October 2023 and later sell it due to the sustained intimidation.
• Despite a police complaint and a cease-and-desist order, Lau's disruptive behaviour continued for 18 months, beginning shortly after she moved next door in August 2022.
• Judge James Newton-Price KC described Lau's actions as 'wholly unjustified and sustained harassment' that profoundly impacted the victims' mental health and right to enjoy their home.