A SELF-proclaimed spy terrorised her neighbours by playing the Laughing Policeman 24 hours a time — successful a enactment implicit a hedge.
Susan Chen, who claims she was a Chinese Army quality serviceman for 14 years, flipped erstwhile her privet was trimmed by a well-meaning family.
She acceptable up cameras, spied connected the full street, shone torches done windows, rattled overgarment tins of stones and knocked connected doors successful the mediate of the night.
Chen, 61, besides played the Laughing Policeman’s creepy cackle connected loop successful Bassingham, Lincs.
But her antics landed her and girl Linda Lu, 35, down bars arsenic they were convicted of stalking.
They were remanded successful custody to beryllium sentenced successful December astatine Lincoln crown court.
One section told The Sun: “ You get neighbour rows implicit hedges - but not usually erstwhile 1 is simply a Chinese spy.
“The Smiths were conscionable trying to beryllium neighbourly, they ever looked aft the hedge and astir radical would beryllium grateful.
“But Chen conscionable went brainsick - and started utilizing subject tactics against them. It was unbelievable.
“She enactment the full thoroughfare nether surveillance truthful she knew what each their ‘moves’ were. Any grooming she had indispensable person kicked-in.
“They had cameras set-up but would besides manually spy connected everyone.
“If determination was anyone retired for a locomotion they would ticker them each the mode past their house.
“Then determination was the harassment of each their neighbours - it was intelligence warfare against everyone.