‘Out of control’ woman hit neighbour with crutch after cutting down her wisteria

Atidel Boutara Cook leaving Highbury Magistrates’ Court, north London, where she was convicted of assaulting Pei Wong, her upstairs neighbour, and damaging her wisteria plant (Picture: PA)

A ‘genuinely out of control’ woman attacked a neighbour with a crutch after being caught cutting down her wisteria plant, a court heard.

Atidel Boutara Cook, 50, was convicted of criminal damage after destroying the flowering plant belonging to her upstairs neighbour Pei Wong and assaulting her on December 17 last year.