Overview
- Atidel Boutara Cook, convicted over a December 17 attack on her upstairs neighbour, was sentenced on Wednesday at Highbury Magistrates’ Court.
- District Judge Denis Brennan ordered £500 compensation, a five-year restraining order, and a 12-month community order with 15 rehabilitation activity days.
- Moments after sentence, the self-represented defendant blew a kiss and called out to the couple, which the judge warned was an immediate breach and said police involvement would be decided later.
- The restraining order bans any direct or indirect contact, including through the couple’s children, with contact allowed only for building issues or through a solicitor.
- Pei Wong says she feels trapped and anxious, has installed CCTV, and reports night-time banging, while she and her husband live upstairs as the freeholders and the defendant occupies the ground-floor flat.