Nosey Parker nabbed again

Press, 27 February 1980, Page 9

Nosey Parker nabbed again

I NZPA-Reuter London; i A woman described by; !neighbours as a compulsive] !Nosey Parker has appeared; iin court at Barnsley for the] [fourth ' time, charged with] iconduct likely to cause, a; I breach of the peace. • There had been a history] iof complaints against the! ; woman, Mrs Janet Dyson,! prosecuting counsel, said.t She had peeked through their windows and letterboxes. and had even climbed on to garage roofs. In the latest incident. Mrs Denise Matthews claimed that Mrs Dyson had looked ■ through her front window, and had climbed a fence

I covered with wire netting] land a rose bush. - ; ] In Mrs Dyson’s defence., 'her solicitor, Mr John Deariden, said her life had been; | torture because of her court 1 ! appearances. ' i “The prosecution has been] jntore in the nature of per- • sedition,” be said. ] “She doesn't intend any harm, and most of the neighbours know her well. It is high time that they ignored the face at the window.” The Magistrates found the case proved, and bound Mrs Dyson over to be of good behaviour in the sum of $350.