A neighbour who harassed the woman who lived below him in Penryn and was seen carrying a large kitchen knife outside her home has escaped going to prison.

Simon Brunsden-Brown, of Little Oaks had pleaded guilty to harassment without violence and possession of a knife in a public place when he appeared at Truro Magistrates Court for sentencing last week.

Magistrates heard that between June 2, 2024 and June 8, 2024 he pursued a course of conduct that amounted to the harassment of one of his neighbours.

During that time he made loud banging noises at night, knocked on her windows, waved a clenched fist at her and poured boiling water on to her patio from his window above.

On June 7 he was also spotted in the street with a large kitchen knife in his possession.

For the harassment of the woman, Brunsden-Brown was given a conditional discharge of two years and a restraining order lasting until September 10, 2026.

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The order is not to contact the woman involved directly or indirectly, not to attend her address in Little Oaks, Penryn, not to bang on the windows of her address in Little Oaks, Penryn or to pour anything out of his windows.

For the possession of the knife he was also given a two year conditional discharge and the forfeiture and destruction of the knife was ordered.

Brunsden-Brown’s guilty plea was taken into account by magistrates when sentencing.

He was also ordered to pay Crown Prosecution Service costs of £85 and a surcharge of £26.