Adele Brannan from East Howdon repeatedly hurled abuse at a mother over a number of months last year. The victim was left so distressed she briefly moved
Adele Brannan leaving Newcastle magistrates court, Newcastle quayside(Image: Newcastle Chronicle)
A troublesome North Tyneside resident was captured on a Ring doorbell camera repeatedly hurling vile abuse at a neighbouring mother. Adele Brannan was filmed making threats to “kick her neighbour’s head in” and subjecting her to a barrage of offensive language across several months last year.
The court was told the victim became so distressed by Brannan’s behaviour that she temporarily relocated to a hotel with her child. Despite being served with a community protection notice in July, Brannan persisted with her abusive conduct towards her neighbour.
On Friday (January 2), Brannan, of Chatton Street, East Howdon, North Tyneside, appeared before Newcastle Magistrates’ Court facing a charge of harassment without violence, reports Chronicle Live.
Newcastle Crown and Magistrates Court (Image: NCJ Media)
The 32-year-old admitted guilt to the charge during the morning session. The court was informed that Brannan’s harassment campaign, which ran from February 4 to September 30 last year, involved persistent use of foul language.
Holly Clegg, prosecuting, revealed that Brannan was captured on the victim’s Ring doorbell footage using derogatory terms including “trampy”, “a silly little sod” and “fat c***”. During one episode, she was observed making an obscene gesture at the camera, the court was told.
Ms Clegg noted that on one occasion, Brannan was accompanied by one of her own children when she branded the victim a “rat”. Ms Clegg stated: “On one date, the defendant said ‘I’ll f****** strangle her’.
Brannan was caught on the victim’s Ring doorbell camera calling her names(Image: Getty Images)
“In one incident in April last year, she said, ‘I’ll kick her f****** head in’.” In a victim impact statement, the woman expressed that Brannan’s actions left her “upset and distressed” and feeling “unable to continue living in my home”.
The court heard that due to the harassment, she even temporarily stayed in a hotel with her child. Matthew Purves, defending, stated that Brannan had no prior convictions.
He commented: “There is more to this. There had been a complex back and forth between the two.
“The defendant had been silly and was caught [on camera] saying and discussing things when walking past and coming and going. She was not shouting and screaming at the top of her lungs.”
The magistrates requested a pre-sentence probation report and postponed the sentencing.
Brannan – who expressed to the court that she was “very remorseful” – will reappear for sentencing on January 23.
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