A nightmare neighbour who tried to mow down a retired joiner and a three-year-old in a row over chickens has been jailed.
Debbie Ross, 61, drove her car at retiree, John Everett, and the toddler after getting into a fight on the Dall Estate in Kinloch Rannoch, Perthshire, a court heard.
She drove the car at him several times forcing him to jump out of the way.
The argument started when Ross moved onto the estate and complained that she did not want to look after chickens that were left in her houseby a previous tenant.
Former joiner, Mr Everett said: ‘I saw her coming down the lane. I said, “here’s that nutter coming, what’s she going to do this time?”
‘She swerved towards me, then swerved back out again and carried on.’
John was left raging when Ross drove her car at him again, this time as he was walking with a three-year-old toddler.
Mr Everett was able to swerve out of the way of the vehicle on both occasions.
‘I blew my stack,’ he said.
‘I told her I was going to murder her.’
Ross was remanded into custody yesterday after she was found guilty of harassing Mr Everett.
Sheriff Jennifer Bain, KC, said: ‘The evidence heard that you perpetrated a course of abusive behaviour towards the complainer by driving your car and accelerating towards him and, on one occasion, at a three-year-old.
‘Although your car did not strike any person, it had potential to be very dangerous.’
Ross was found guilty of accelerating towards Mr Everett in her Land Rover Freelancer and forcing him to take evasive action on August 16 2020 and of acting in a culpable and reckless manner on an access road to Dall Estate on September 6 2020.
She was too found guilty of driving towards Mr Everett when a 3-year-old child was with him on September 23, 2020, as well as two charges of failing to appear in court.
Her sentencing was deferred.
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