A neighbour from hell who made life a misery for years for those living next to him has been jailed.
Gary Welsh left two couples so frightened at what he would do next they struggled to sleep due to fear. A court heard he had ignored repeated warnings to behave and after finally being booted out of his home, he has now also been locked up.
Newcastle Crown Court heard that Gentoo tenant Welsh had been given a restraining order not to contact one of the couples on Rushford, Ryhope, in Sunderland, but he ignored it and they felt "intimidated and vulnerable".