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Neighbour from hell terrorised OAP
Wednesday 2nd December 2009, 11:30AM GMT.
This is the woman who terrorised an 85-year-old widow in a 10-month campaign of torment.
Neighbour from Hell Debbie Hanson blasted out loud music until the early hours, shouted and swore at her elderly victim and banged on the walls of her flat with a hammer. The widow lost two stones in weight due to the stress and only slept for an hour each night.
Hanson, aged 20, appeared at West Bromwich Magistrates Court yesterday after pleading guilty to harassment and criminal damage.
Inspector Dale Randle from Tipton Police Station today described the mother-of-one as an “extremely difficult character” who went out of her way to terrorise the pensioner.
“She has shown no remorse,” he said. “She is completely oblivious to it all.
“In interview she admitted she purposely went out of her way to target the old lady.”
Hanson has now moved out of the block of flats she shared with the pensioner and is living in Wagon Street, Old Hill, Rowley Regis.
She arrived at court wearing jeans, a tracksuit top and smoking cigarettes.
In court, she was described by her solicitor as “not the sharpest tool in the box”.
Hanson’s victim today spoke to the Express & Star, describing her ordeal as “terrible”.
The 85-year-old said: “There were always lots of visitors and the language was appalling. I confronted her three times but stopped after the third time because I was scared of what could happen.”
The victim, who does not want to be named, added “I would just lie there awake looking at the ceiling. I didn’t know which way to turn and I felt uncomfortable in my own home.
“All I wanted was a little respect.”
Read the widow’s harrowing tale in Wednesday’s Express & Star.
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i wonder what this debbie hanson does for a living………let me guess hhmmm ive got it another case of shameless and classless britain.
your parents must be so proud!!!!!!!!
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“All I wanted was a little respect.”
Says it all really, there doesn’t seem to be any respect,courtesy or any common sense left in this country, I hope the lady gets some peace in her twilight years now, god knows she deserves it.
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The problem is Derek, I bet her parents couldn’t give a damn!!!
Low lifes like this make everybody’s lifs a misery and now it seems all the problems will just switch to Wagon Street!
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Yet another piece of Chav scum causing havoc! Create a Chav island and put all the Chavs on there and leave them to it!
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WHAT A SAD CASE.I HOPE THIS YOB GETS THE SAME TREATMENT WHEN SHE IS OLD.I DO HOPE THE ELDERLY VICTIM PUTS THIS SAD EPISODE BEHIND HER AND GET ON WITH A HAPPY LIFE.
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Hanson should be in a cell – she is a disgrace
I have no time for anyone like her
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“In court, (Hanson) was described by her solicitor as “not the sharpest tool in the box”.”
Clearly, the £63 billion a year that Labour has sunk into trying to raise education standards in Britain was wasted on this one then.
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The council should not give her a new place to live. Let her rot on the streets. Get a job love and earn your own money.
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I AM SORRY FOR WHAT THIS ELDERY PERSON AS GONE THROUGH.I LIVE IN TURKEY WHERE CHILDREN TAUGHT TO RESPECT THE ELDERY IF YOU GET ON A BUS THE CHILDREN GET UP AND OFFER YOU THERE SEAT.IF YOU MEET THEM IN HE STREET THEY SAY GOOD MORNING EVEN IF YOU DON’T KNOWN THEM.AND IF YOU ARE DINNING OUT AND THERES ONE PERSON EATING ALONE THEY GET UP OFFER YOU THE TABLE AND SIT ELSEWHERE.
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i am 23 with two kids and i hate how idiots like her give us all a bad name. She should be locked away somewhere and have her kid taking off her. I live nxt door to a 30yr old alcholic idiot who causes trouble for me and my kids and the councils responce is to keep a diary! That really helps when my kids get woke up at 2am by drunking idiots playing loud music
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I wonder how long it will be before she finally gets behind bars…?
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She should be put out on the street,there again why put trash on our streets
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Sad!Sad!Sad!Wasn,t there anyone to help BOTH
sides?I mean how can a girl of just 20 be allowed
to go on doing things like this?The girl obviously
needs treatment!Secondly……didn,t the old lady have
any family/relatives/neighbours to help,or had she
just been pushed aside and left to fend for her-
self?I do wish the old lady peace and quiet and
a merry Christmas!
FJ Bartling,Hilversum,Holland.
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A classic example of the degeneration of the lower end of society. A ridiculously over-generous welfare state that rewards laziness combined with the bleeding hearts and liberal do-gooders have ensured that discipline and morals have been all but eradicated to allow scum like this to be dragged up.
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Why did the pensioner have to put up with the abuse for 10 months ?. Typical of the fantasic systems we all have to put up with !
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A 10-month campaign of torment?????????
What a shame Sandwell Council didn’t have a Warden to go round to see Debbie Hanson, and to issue her with an on the spot fine for anti social behaviour, but of course Debbie Hanson wasn’t a defenceless young mom feeding ducks, this one was highly likely to bite back!!!!!!!!
Jim Gull, Bearwood.
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The girl has obvious learning difficulties because she does not comprehend what distress her actions have caused.
Maybe it would be a good idea to get the girl to attend an appropriate behavourial programme linked to her retaining the right to live in another council problem.
This action has not solved the problem, just moved it for another poor tenant to endure. Where is the logic in that?
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What a sad state of affairs that she had to put up with this for 10 yes TEN months! Who ever is in charge of monitoring these flats should be sacked or even worse made to live next door to the moron.
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You should have respect. Chav scum like her do not know the meaning of respect. You don’t have to be the sharpest tool to understand common decency.
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9) Graham – Is this the same Turkey you live in that respect people so much , that they care to stab football fans to death – You hypocrit . Things are not always what they seem and this country is far from perfect , but to criticise from afar . Throwing stones and glass houses springs to mind
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the house next door to me is for sale, i would have some fun playing her up! Oh wait a minute its 200k, she would have to work then! get a job!
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Looks like this lady has no job, and no prospects. No sense and has no respect for anyone. These types of yobs should be monitored and trown out if they cause trouble.
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Set her up on a council house in Afganistan, I’m sure her behaviour would go down a treat over there.
In cases like this why can’t they just stop any benefit she is obviously taking advantage of, the very real threat of destitution would surely engage her brain into thinking about the results of her actions.
I’m all for a welfare system, but there must be a limit to its ‘generosity’
Those veterens must be so glad to of laid down their life for creatures like this to benefit from their sacrifice
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