By Henry Martin For Mailonline
Published: 18:30 BST, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 18:30 BST, 13 April 2019
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Pictured: Stella Masson outside court
An 82-year-old who blasted The Laughing Policeman song on repeat at 2am to annoy her neighbours for 'blocking her sunlight' has been fined £450.
Stella Masson donned ear protectors and shoved speakers up against the wall to serenade the family living next door with the music hall classic first performed by Charles Jolly in the 1920s.
The two-year campaign of harassment in Elrick, Aberdeen, began when Masson took offence over her neighbours' van - which she claimed was blocking her sunlight.
Her actions even forced the family to build an extension to their home in an effort to escape the racket, which was regularly reverberating throughout their home, often until 2am, Aberdeen Sheriff Court was told.
When police turned up at Masson's home she freely admitted wearing ear plugs and playing music loudly to annoy the neighbours.
Her song of choice was The Laughing Policeman - with its annoying 'ha ha ha ha' chorus which, it is understood, she often played on repeat at full blast until the early hours.
Fiscal depute Lucy Simpson said the pensioner's relationship with the family next door was initially amicable but broke down around summer 2014.
She said: 'Between August 19 2016 and August 19 2018 the accused began playing music very loudly from her address. The music would be played at such a volume it could be heard throughout the complainers' address.
'The music was played at various times of the day and
