REIGN OF TERROR BY TOXIC NEIGHBOURS

Obsessive pair found guilty of stalking after tormenting residents in their street. Couple aimed CCTV cameras at homes and accused families of horrific crimes

- MARK MCGIVERN

TWO neighbours from hell took illegal CCTV of nearby homes and made false child abuse claims against other residents.

Paul McFadyen and Laura McGlinn were convicted of stalking after they set up five cameras able to capture footage hundreds of yards away.

DISTRUST, MALICE AND SUSPICION

Obsessed couple waged war on neighbours. Stalkers used CCTV to film INSIDE house. They even reported false child abuse claims

A STALKER couple trained CCTV cameras on their neighbours' homes and falsely accused them of child abuse and plotting against them in a shocking reign of terror.

Paul McFadyen and Laura McGlinn, both 53, wreaked havoc on a quiet street through their obsessive snooping.

The pair were convicted of stalking their neighbours after police uncovered hundreds of hours of CCTV surveillance that was gathered illegally - including footage inside one neighbour's home.

McFadyen and McGlinn had previously taken their neighbours to court claiming imaginary abuse by other residents of quiet Hartfield Terrace in Paisley.

But the tables were turned after the sheriff in that civil case accused them of making up claims against other residents in the street- and ordered them to pay £37,500 in legal costs.

Neighbours Susanne McDowall, 59, and 29-year-old daughter Anne Marie were horrified to be dragged into the civil case, where they were identified as the "nucleus" of the delusional accusations.

Among the claims was an accusation they hosted a "hate party" with other members of the street to bully McFadyen and McGlinn.