MiamiHeat
02-15-2009, 02:03 PM
A nuisance neighbour who taunted an elderly couple by whistling the theme from the Addams Family whenever he saw them has been jailed.
Leopold Wrobel harassed the pensioners for more than four years, making them feel like prisoners in their home.
His victims, Michael and Kathleen Sharpe, said Wrobel had 'nearly succeeded' in destroying their lives.
Wrobel, 51, had been handed an anti-social behaviour order last December for harassing the couple.
But a court heard his nuisance behaviour, which had already lasted for four years, continued on the day the order was imposed.
The court was shown CCTV footage from cameras on the Sharpes' property, which picked up Wrobel's repeated whistling when they arrived at or left the house.
Michael Treharne, prosecuting, said each incident taken in isolation would probably seem silly or almost pathetic.
But he added: 'If something happens on an ongoing basis and goes on and on and on, eventually it reaches the stage of being absolutely intolerable.'
Mr Sharpe, from Wingerworth in Derbyshire, told the court Wrobel's behaviour had made his wife ill and she had started losing her hair.
'It's been devastating and it's done what he wanted to do, to try to destroy our lives,' the 68-year-old said. 'He very nearly succeeded.'
His wife told magistrates they could not leave the house without Wrobel being there.
The 66-year-old added: 'He frightens me, I've not been able to live a normal life. I was a prisoner in my own home.'
link (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1144462/Man-jailed-harrassing-elderly-neighbours-whistling-Addams-Family-theme-time-saw-them.html)
lol
is this even legal to arrest him because he's whistling?
picture the guy whistling this every time the old couple comes home
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I wonder if the old couple actually DOES look creepy?
Leopold Wrobel harassed the pensioners for more than four years, making them feel like prisoners in their home.
His victims, Michael and Kathleen Sharpe, said Wrobel had 'nearly succeeded' in destroying their lives.
Wrobel, 51, had been handed an anti-social behaviour order last December for harassing the couple.
But a court heard his nuisance behaviour, which had already lasted for four years, continued on the day the order was imposed.
The court was shown CCTV footage from cameras on the Sharpes' property, which picked up Wrobel's repeated whistling when they arrived at or left the house.
Michael Treharne, prosecuting, said each incident taken in isolation would probably seem silly or almost pathetic.
But he added: 'If something happens on an ongoing basis and goes on and on and on, eventually it reaches the stage of being absolutely intolerable.'
Mr Sharpe, from Wingerworth in Derbyshire, told the court Wrobel's behaviour had made his wife ill and she had started losing her hair.
'It's been devastating and it's done what he wanted to do, to try to destroy our lives,' the 68-year-old said. 'He very nearly succeeded.'
His wife told magistrates they could not leave the house without Wrobel being there.
The 66-year-old added: 'He frightens me, I've not been able to live a normal life. I was a prisoner in my own home.'
link (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1144462/Man-jailed-harrassing-elderly-neighbours-whistling-Addams-Family-theme-time-saw-them.html)
lol
is this even legal to arrest him because he's whistling?
picture the guy whistling this every time the old couple comes home
xL_9zdu4iVw
I wonder if the old couple actually DOES look creepy?