Australind woman, 85, fined for yelling at neighbours filming her over shared fence during ongoing feud

An ongoing neighbourhood feud in Australind has seen an 85-year-old woman fined for breaching a restraining order after yelling and waving at her neighbours who were filming her over their shared fence while she hung out her laundry. Lisetta Pinelli appeared in Bunbury Magistrates Court on Friday where she admitted to breaching the order on May 5, less than a week after it was imposed. The court was told there had been a long ongoing dispute between the neighbours, which started not long after the neighbours moved into the house next door to Pinelli — who built the house with her now-deceased husband a number of years ago. Her lawyer told the court the dispute included the neighbours yelling abuse at Pinelli, pointing at her over their fence, exposing their “buttocks” and filming her in her yard on an almost daily basis. The court was told the neighbours have a restraining order against Pinelli, and she has her own applications on foot against them because of their “baiting type behaviours”, her lawyer said. On May 5, Pinelli breached the current order when the neighbours began filming her in her own backyard while she was hanging up her washing. She is barred from communication with the victims, but in the video shown to the court, can be seen waving her arms at them and telling them it is her property. The video starts filming inside a house through a screen door, before the person recording walks outside to film Pinelli and zooms in on her over their shared fence. Her lawyer said while it is a clear breach of the order, having a camera in her face was an almost daily “provocative” ordeal for Pinelli, who has since been “methodical” in following the order. Magistrate Joanne Andretich told the court she had some prior knowledge of the situation, and fined Pinelli $100, but suspended it for five days — meaning she does not have to pay, unless she is caught re-offending. She also granted the 85-year-old widow a spent conviction order.