First published 29 Oct 2026, 4:30am
A mother-of-seven has been caught on camera hurling dirty nappies, sanitary products and pans of oil into a neighbour’s backyard in a vile seven-year campaign that left the alleged victims living in fear.
Despite the shocking footage and claims of “constant mental torture”, Sufina Aslam, 42, walked free from court after pleading guilty to harassment and breaching a restraining order.
The Birmingham woman admitted two counts of harassment and one count of breaching a restraining order over the long-running feud with her next-door neighbours in Yardley.
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CCTV footage played in court showed Aslam repeatedly dumping rubbish into the adjoining garden, including dirty nappies, food packaging and bin bags overflowing with waste.
In one confronting clip, she was seen peering over the fence and smirking as she threw cooking pans filled with oil into the family’s yard.
The mother was also caught on camera repeatedly dumping bin bags of rubbish onto the land, which was already covered in her litter.
Aslam peers over the fence after trashing the garden.
The victims were left to deal with a backyard littered with rubbish and food waste, and were forced to pay $7557 (£4000) in clean-up costs to remove the mess.
One neighbour, 50, said the ordeal had shattered the family’s peace and left them on edge inside their own home.
“I can’t sleep and my health is deteriorating. My children’s education is affected.
“It’s a constant mental torture for all of us. I panic when I hear her voice.”
The neighbours were forced to pay out to clear the mess.
Another neighbour, 53, said the abuse had dragged on for years and seemed to happen at all hours.
“This has been going on for six or seven years. We’re sick of it,” he said.
“It has happened in all hours of the day or night.
“She’s now stopped for about six months and doing nothing.”
Despite the disturbing allegations and the scale of the clean-up bill, Aslam avoided a custodial sentence.
At Birmingham Magistrates’ Court, she was handed a 12-month intensive supervision order and ordered to pay $132 (£70) to her neighbours.
District Judge Michelle Smith described the offending as “persistent” and said the victims had been subjected to the behaviour over a sustained period.
The court was told there had been a number of long-running “neighbourly issues” between the households over many years, although those matters were not disclosed in detail.
Judge Smith said an intensive supervision order, rather than immediate custody, was the appropriate sentence, but warned Aslam that any further offending could see her jailed.
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