A Persistent snorer teased by his neighbours for keeping them awake repeatedly slashed their car tyres in a four-year campaign of revenge, a court has heard.
David Chandler was driven into a rage by his neighbours, who continually poked fun at the sleepless nights they suffered because of his nocturnal noisiness.
Magistrates heard that in anger during the dead of night, the embarrassed 49-year-old would creep out of his house and slash their car tyres with a knife. Claudius Taylor, prosecuting, told Reading magistrates that Chandler had burst 15 tyres on the silver Suzuki Wagon belonging to Jacques Cilliers between 2004 and 2008.
"The reason why the defendant did this is because he had a sleep disorder and this caused him to make breathing noises which went through the walls and disturbed his neighbours," he said. "This neighbour's family were abusive towards him and he could hear them talking about it."
Jobless Chandler, of Reading, Berks, admitted four counts of criminal damage and asked for 11 similar charges to be taken into account. He claimed in court that he was mentally ill. "All I can say is that on most of these occasions I was provoked considerably," he said.
Sentencing was adjourned.
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