A MAN smashed every window on the ground floor of his neighbour’s farmhouse, causing £12,000 of damage.
Owners James and Sylvia Sutherland were left cowering upstairs as he went on James Roy's drunken rampage, shattering 27 double-glazed windows at their home in Madderty, Perthshire.
It's the latest chapter in a 20-year feud during which Roy's father fined and given an Asbo for filling barrels with human excrement and dumping them at the side of the road.
Roy, 53, snapped when his elderly mum was evicted from her static caravan, and he took revenge on the Sutherland family, who he claimed were to blame.
He came home drunk from the pub and proceeded to shatter 27 of the spacious rural home's windows in a fit of rage, causing almost £12,000 of damage.
CCTV footage shows him smashing the property while his victims, James and Sylvia Sutherland, cowered inside.
Roy later said he regretted his actions. He "saw red" when he came home to find his elderly mother had been evicted.
The Roy family live in static caravans beside a ruined house and have previously been threatened with eviction. Just hours before Roy's rampage, bailiffs had arrived and removed a trailer - forcing his elderly parents to move.
Blaming neighbours for sparking the eviction and under the influence of alcohol, Roy staggered down the road to the Sutherlands' farmhouse and picked up a large rock and threw it through the window. He then circled the house and smashed every window he came across - completely shattering 20 of the double-glazed fittings and damaging a further seven.
At Perth Sheriff Court last week, Roy was sentenced to 200 hours' unpaid work and ordered to pay £1,335 to cover the cost of the couple's increased insurance premiums.
Sheriff William Wood said: "It must have been a terrifying experience for Mr and Mrs Sutherland."
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