Man cuts hole in neighbour's hedge so he can get a better view

A man has been slapped with a restraining order after he cut a hole in his neighbour’s hedge to get a better view of the mountains. It was part of a campaign of harassment by Alexander Edwards against his neighbour.

Edwards also shone a torch at his neighbour’s CCTV camera, sang rap music and goaded dogs into barking late at night. The victim complained to both the council and North Wales Police and on Wednesday (30 March) Edwards admitted harassing his next door neighbour Ian Cox, Conwy, North Wales.

The court heard it was Edwards' mother Jane Edwards who had started a row with Mr Cox and, when Edwards came to live with her, Edwards became "embroiled" in that row. Prosecutor Rhian Jackson said that Mr Cox reported issues with Mrs Edwards to Conwy Council as long ago as 2014.

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He was helped by an anti-social behaviour officer and was advised to keep a log. Mr Cox also installed a CCTV camera. In 2020 a hole appeared in Mr Cox's hedge. There was no CCTV footage of the culprit but Edwards later admitted making it "so he could see the view of the mountains from his bedroom window".

But there was footage of Edwards shining a torch at the CCTV camera at night. The court heard Edwards would also encourage dogs to bark at midnight or 1am.

Prosecutor Rhian Jackson said that Mr Cox reported issues with Mrs Edwards to Conwy Council as long ago as 2014. In another incident, Edwards would sing rap music lyrics at Mr Cox.

These included the line "I'm f****** gonna kill yer," said the prosecutor. The case centred on a series of incidents between July 2021 and January this year which amounted to harassment. The prosecutor said someone,