Moment pensioner, 81, attacked neighbour in parking row trends now
A pensioner attacked her neighbour in a petty row over parking on a communal grass verge in their well-heeled cul-de-sac, a court heard.
Eunice Day was caught on video storming over to neighbour Suzanne Webb's house in Ferndown, Dorset, before reaching over her potted geranium plant to assault her.
A court heard that 81-year-old Day had upset her new neighbours soon after moving into her rented bungalow by leaving her Audi on a patch of grass next to it.
She kept it there for several weeks, preventing a small group of community-minded homeowners from cutting the grass.
Day was asked to move her car by Mrs Webb, but replied that she could 'park wherever I like'.
Eunice Day leaving Poole Magistrates' Court last week where she was found guilty of assault
Day was said to have escalated the feud by deliberately blocking a private footpath leading to the five detached homes at the end of the cul-de-sac with her wheelie bin.
She was also claimed to have sat outside on her mobility scooter in an attempt to intimidate her neighbours.
Matters came to a head after the five residents complained to Day's letting agent about her behaviour.
It led Day to 'aggressively' pound on Mrs Webb's front door to have it out with her.
The victim videoed Day through her open kitchen window. The footage shows Day reach over Mrs Webb's window box and smack the phone out of her hand.
Mrs Webb had her six-year-old granddaughter with her and she was left frightened by the incident on June 20, 2022.
The victim videoed Day through her open kitchen window in Ferndown, Dorset, in June 2022
The clip shows Day reach over the victim's window box and smack the phone out of her hand
The police were called and Day was prosecuted for assaulting Mrs Webb, who is aged in her 60s.
The defendant argued that she had been acting in self-defence and thought her neighbour was holding a knife rather than a phone.
Mrs Webb, who has lived on the road for 25 years, told magistrates in Poole that problems arose soon after Day moved in on April 1, 2022.
She said: 'She had parked her Audi on the private strip of land we share between our five houses.
'I asked her who it belonged to when I was out on a walk and she said something like 'I can park where I like'. It sat there for weeks. We found the situation uncomfortable.'
Day said she thought she owned the parcel of land. She said: 'They kept saying that my car was on their property. I had already told Mrs Webb that I would look into the Land Registry and if my car was parked illegally I
