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Stanley Murphy-Johns

Man admits killing neighbour’s fish out of ‘frustration and lack of sleep’

Gerry Duffy arrives at Willesden Magistrates’ Court (Aaron Chown/PA) - (PA Wire)

A man has admitted using motor oil and detergent to kill his neighbour’s fish and destroy a water pump out of “sheer frustration and lack of sleep”, a court has heard.

Gerry Duffy, 76, of Hadley Road, Barnet, north London, was “driven completely insane” by the sound of a water pump running his neighbour’s fishpond.

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