| A man who harassed his neighbours for |  |
| more than four years, by repeatedly |
| whistling the theme to The Addams |
| Family film at them, was jailed. |
| Leopold Wrobel, 51, made the lives of |
| Michael and Kathleen Sharpe ‘an absolute |
| nightmare’. They were virtual prisoners in |
| their home through his constant attention. |
| Chesterfield magistrates’ court was shown |
| CCTV footage which picked up his |
| repeated whistling as the couple arrived |
| or left the house. |
| Michael Treharne, prosecuting, said |
| each incident taken in isolation would |
| probably seem silly or almost pathetic. |
| “But if something happens on an ongoing basis, … eventually it reaches |
| the stage of being absolutely intolerable,” he told the court. Wrobel denied |
| all allegations. Julia Bosworth, defending, said Wrobel disputed he was |
| the perpetrator of all the whistling and that his whistles were directed at |
| his dog, not the Sharpes. |
| Wrobel was convicted on all counts and sentenced to 20 weeks in |
| prison. After the hearing Mrs Sharpe, 66, of Wingerworth, near |
| Chesterfield, Derbyshire, said: “I’m so relieved, it has been an absolute |
| nightmare. It has affected our health and all the family.” |
