Neighbor Harassment: A Couple’s Struggle and Legal Justice

2023-08-08 12:31:00

A couple from Libramont is going through real hell because of their neighbor. He keeps harassing them.

And everything goes: strip of lawn destroyed with Roundup weedkiller; incessant lawn mowing by the neighbor (sometimes twice a day); use of a circular saw from 6:30 am; fruit trees and shrubs cut and notched; threats, insults and songs with a sexual connotation.

The lady victim ended up falling into depression. Between 2015 and 2021, the couple filed a complaint 27 times for these various actions.

The prosecution had requested 18 months in prison once morest the defendant, a recurring stalker.

And this Tuesday, judge Carine Thomas delivered her judgment: Pierre Nollevaux, 58, is sentenced to 18 months in prison and a fine of €4,000, suspended for 3 years for 1/2 of the prison sentence. and the fine.

In civil matters, the defendant will have to take out his wallet. He will have to repair his neighbours’ garden for the amount of €7,500. As non-pecuniary damage, he must pay a provisional €1,000 to each of the two neighbours. Not to mention €4,450 to the neighbor for her psychological consultation costs and €960 to the husband for the same reasons.

As for the pruning shears with green handle which was used to degrade the shrubs and fruit trees, it remains confiscated by Justice.

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