Neil Speight, 47, is pictured outside Stockport Magistrates Court where he was handed a 12-month restraining order after admitting a campaign of harassment against his neighbours Nadine and John Pearson A neighbour from hell who played The Addams Family theme tune at full blast as part of a five-year hate campaign has been given a 12-month restraining order. Neil Speight, 47, also played The Laughing Policeman loudly and was known to shout the names of Nadine and John Pearson's children through the adjoining wall of their semi-detached home. The couple, of Stockport, Greater Manchester, claim they were afraid to spend time in their own garden after his foul-mouthed rant that saw him falsely brand them paedophiles. They told Stockport Magistrates Court the abuse began soon after they moved in in 2013 following a complaint about noise coming from Speight's house. It spiralled into a five-year 'living hell', while the couple had to cope with the stresses of bringing up young children and working long shifts. Speight, who has previous convictions for malicious communications, admitted harassment and was banned from contacting his neighbours for a year. The court was told one of the Pearsons' young children picked up swear words after being forced to listen to Speight 'relentless, loud and intense screaming of constant abuse'. Police initially failed to act, the couple claim, but when they gave officers a recording of one of his hate-filled meltdowns he was arrested and charged. In a statement to police Mrs Pearson, who is in her thirties, said: 'I just can't begin to explain our family's suffering at the hands of this man. 'We got into a dispute with him due to noise coming from his house but what followed was a campaign of bullying and hatred constantly and all because of a simple noise complaint. 'He was calling my children through the wall when they were in their bedroom and he was loudly playing sounds from the Laughing Policeman and the Addams Family. 'He was also throwing snowballs into the front garden.' She added: 'When we moved in in 2013 we had a newborn baby and I was pregnant and my sister was fighting cancer. 'But Mr Speight made all this more acute and my husband worked 12 hour shifts sometimes at night so I spent long periods at home with just my daughter. The Pearsons live in a semi-detached house in Stockport that shares a wall with Neil Speight 'Your home is supposed to be a place of safety and refuge, especially with young children growing up but that is not the case here. 'Problems like this don't go away and are constant. This has been one of the hardest things I have had to deal with in my life. 'I am furious about what happened and at the lack of action from the police. 'He said he could do what he wanted and the police couldn't do anything whilst my family were left unprotected and vulnerable. 'If it was only adults we could maybe have put up with it - just grin and bear it. 'But we bought this house as a family home to bring children up. This has not been that home for us.' Mr Pearson, who is also in his thirties, said: 'Mr Speight has been a huge problem in our lives - he's made our lives a living hell and we couldn't get away from it. Mrs Pearson (pictured) told the court Speight had made the family's lives hell 'If we were in the back garden he would come out and if we moved to the front he would follow. 'I work long hours and I am constantly tired and my stress levels are through the roof and I have to live next door to them. 'We bought this house as a nice family home to bring up our two innocent young children. 'It hasn't been that. He has abused us and it has affected us badly. 'We are stressed because of the hatred, bullying and abuse and it's caused us to lose sleep. 'Their house is through the wall from our kids bedroom. Our daughter has repeated swear words she has heard coming from the man next door. 'One morning I came down the stairs to find my daughter curled in a ball on the sofa crying.' Prosecuting Richard Greenhough told the hearing: 'He has been living next door to the complainant since 2013 and the relationship has deteriorated over the course of time. 'The Pearsons have suffered a campaign of bullying and hatred from the defendant's house. 'The neighbourhood police officer in the area has been aware of the ongoing dispute between neighbours and has had to deal with the situation on a number of occasions. 'He describes the defendant in times where he has dealt with him in person. 'The officer said the defendant would get within one or two centimetres from his face and he has characterised him as often displaying threatening behaviour and at times believed that the defendant may become violent towards him. He has shown signs of intoxication. 'Evidence seen and heard shows the defendant to be irrational and unreasonable. He is prone to behaviour which is frightening and intimidating. The police officer met with Mr Pearson to get a statement and was shown footage from May 2018 which showed verbal abuse from his next door neighbour. 'A transcript of the footage was made and statements from Mr Pearson describe 'relentless, loud and intense screaming of constant abuse'.' Speight was also ordered to complete a 12-month community order and was fined £180 with £235 in costs and surcharges. Defending, Neville Warbuton said: 'It's clear there is no love lost on either side between these two neighbours but there have been matters put to police on both sides. 'The period which we're considering here is quite small given the length of time the dispute has been going on for. 'The defendant regrets what he said and accepts guilt of that - he is not proud of how he has behaved. 'It's fair to say they don't get on. There is a lot of animosity on both sides. 'Both have gone to the police at different times but this is the only matter that comes to court. He does accept responsibility but nothing has happened since. 'Hopefully the lesson has been learned and there won't be anything else like this to concern police.' Speight did not comment after the hearing. The Pearsons were contacted for comment.All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility