A NIGHTMARE neighbour is facing jail after waging a racist hate campaign against a couple living next door.
Hairdresser Katie Bradsell was arrested after ranting at Mohammed Ali outside their homes in Willow Hey in Saughall, near Chester in Cheshire.
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Hairdresser Katie Bradsell launched a foul-mouthed racist tirade at a neighbourCredit: Cavendish
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Georgina Rideal and Mohammed Ali gave evidence about Bradsell’s rantCredit: Cavendish
She labelled him a racist slur in front of his baby son and partner Georgina Rideal, Chester Magistrates’ Court heard.
Bradsell, 32, has now been found guilty of racially aggravated harassment and told she could face up to six months in prison when sentenced next month.
The confrontation in a smart village cul-de-sac happened last September 20 as Bradsell and Mr Ali returned to their homes at the same time after separate family trips out.
Bradsell, said to be unpopular with all her neighbours, called Mr Ali a “fat smelly sweaty P***” and an “ugly c***” while also labelling his partner a “d***head” and a “slag”.
Another neighbour tried in vain to calm her down, magistrates were told.
Bradsell, who has a previous conviction from 2020 for assaulting an emergency worker, had moved into the row of terraces in 2014.
She fell out with Miss Rideal over an unproven allegation of assault, the court heard.
Mr Ali and Miss Rideal, together for two years, had just got back from a visit to a local leisure centre when the confrontation began.
He told the trial how Bradsell was looking at him as she was putting her bins out, adding: “She’s always sombre and she was murmuring certain stuff, as she does regularly.
”I got the baby, went back to the house and closed the front door but she then battered it.
“I opened the door and she was just standing there with her phone recording.
“I said, ‘What do you want?’ but she started effing and blinding saying, ‘You fat p****’ and ‘You smelly c***’ and I just slammed the door on her.”
He said he slammed the door but she continued raging, using racist words and foul language – “the effing and blinding, calling me a P***”.
Mr Ali added: “I’m sorry, I’m not having that.
“But I wasn’t going to hit her – I just wanted her to get away from me and my family.
“The language used to me was disgusting and abusive and caused me to become particularly angry and upset.
“I was targeted because of my skin colour or race.
“Nobody should be made to feel this way.
“I was frustrated because it happened in front of my partner and baby son – the whole incident was very distressing to me and my family.”
Hospital volunteer Miss Rideal said Bradsell’s swearing and insults were “something that unfortunately I’ve had to get used to”.
She added: “But when the P-word started to be shouted, in front of the children, it’s not okay.
“It’s just not something you think people will say anymore in this day and age – it’s ignorant and shows a complete lack of intelligence.
“There are children in every house on the street – it’s not okay to say it.”
Neighbour Samantha Williamson, who witnessed the clash, said her six-year-old son overheard the words and asked her what the P-word meant.
She said: “It’s fair to say none of the residents get on well with Katie Bradsell due to the ongoing issues we have with anti-social behaviour.”
Bradsell, who denied wrongdoing, insisted to the court she was not drunk and accused Mr Ali of spitting at her and saying: “Here she is, the f***ing grass.”
She admitted her relationship with Miss Williamson was “horrendous” while she was ”not on good terms’ with Miss Rideal, but denied using racial language.
She added: “I’m stuck between two bullies.
“They are ganging up on me, they are trying to get me moved out of my house.”
But JP Frances Miller told her: “You were not consistent in your evidence and you tried to sidetrack and talk about other alleged offences that are not before the court today.”
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Bradsell was found guilty of racially aggravated assault, at Chester Magistrates’ CourtCredit: Cavendish
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Mr Ali and Miss Rideal told of the tirade in front of their baby sonCredit: Cavendish
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