Nightmare neighbor who terrorized couple through their Ring doorbell gets jail time

A nightmare neighbor who terrorized the couple living above her through their Ring doorbell has been jailed for more than three years.Drina Gray, 52, harassed victims Ben and Emma – who do not want to give their surnames – “morning, noon and night,” a judge said.Ben, 32, bought his first flat in Wandsworth, southwest London, in 2022.But when council tenant Gray moved into the flat below his the following April, his life changed.After reporting her for kicking her dog – which he says he caught on CCTV cameras – Gray launched into a “relentless” campaign that made Ben and his partner Emma prisoners in their own home.In the months that followed, Ben’s neighbor smashed two Ring doorbells in less than a year, issued regular chilling threats via cameras and took her dog to dirty their doorstep.The product manager even lost his job at a startup company because of the lack of sleep he was getting due to Gray blasting loud music and hovering the communal hallway in the early hours of the morning.Countless disturbing videos captured by Ben’s cameras show Gray shouting, swearing and threatening him.After Gray was finally prosecuted for her campaign of hate and a judge ordered her into custody, she escaped from court and went on the run for weeks.She claimed that Ben had been using her as “bait” to make his 31-year-old partner Emma, who also lives at the flat, jealous after a break-up. But jailing her for 40 months, Judge Peter Lodder KC told her she had harassed the couple “morning, noon and night.” “You made the lives of your neighbors hell,” he said.“You persistently harassed them morning, noon and night. “Despite orders being obtained to seek to prevent you from behaving in the way you did, you continued in your campaign. “It may well be that you were under the influence of alcohol, but that is not an excuse – it’s an aggravation. “It’s no consolation at all to the people you were threatening with extreme violence. “Thi...