A NIGHTMARE neighbour made residents’ lives a misery after a vendetta that included threatening a woman with a knife and forcing a family to take him to church.

Don Andrew Clive Fisher, 51, of Wakefield Road, Townhill was found guilty of two counts of harassment, a charge of stalking and a count of using threatening and abusive language or behaviour at Southampton Magistrates’ Court.

The charges related to a number of incidents involving his neighbours between September 1, 2016 and January 13, 2017.

The first charge was to do with a neighbouring family who made a complaint about Fisher banging on their door, pushing his way into their house, taking food from their fridge and making them take him to church.

He also put nasty notes and letters through their door and watched and gestured to them.

The court heard Fisher would push his way into the family’s house when they answered, make himself a drink and eat food from their kitchen.

The mother of the family said sometimes Fisher would knock on the door as late as 10pm and would come between twice a week and several times a day. And, when they did not answer the door, he would stand outside and shout “I know you are in there”.

She said he terrified her, made her young daughter feel unsafe and that their dog hated him.

The court heard Fisher also posted them letters, some of which spoke about the younger daughter.

The second incident involved a family friend of Fisher’s who said he went to her workplace, claiming to be her father, and asked her deputy manager what shifts she was working. Fisher also returned to her workplace on a further occasion, claiming to be from MI5.

She added that the defendant would try to give her bags of food, even after she told him to leave her alone.

One day she was called by her 12-year-old daughter who said Fisher was outside, shouting “come to the window, I have food”.

She found Fisher had pushed groceries, including sausages and mince, through an open window.

When arrested, he said: “It is a travesty; she is on drugs, I am tracking her.”

Fisher was also convicted of harassing a single father-of-two, living in a house opposite his flat with his two young daughters.

The court heard the defendant would ask him for money, follow and shout at him and send him letters, one of which threatened his daughters.

Fisher would watch out for the postman and intercept the man’s parcels, even after being asked not to.

The man said Fisher would also knock on his door to talk about “dangerous things happening in the area” and issues with neighbours. He would describe himself as a guardian angel-type figure and play up his military-background as a trained marksmen.

“He said he was trained to take lives. I found that quite menacing,” said the witness.

He added that one day, after being quite brusque with Fisher after he asked for money, he received a letter which told him to be careful of “those kids, they are precious” – which he took as a threat.

The last incident, on January 13, involved two of his neighbours living in the same block as him.

The court heard Fisher was sitting in the hallway outside his front door, with unpacked groceries spread around him on the floor.

The two neighbours, one of whom is an elderly woman with mobility issues, needed to walk past. When they approached Fisher, the younger neighbour pushed some of the food out the way with her slipper so they could get through.

Fisher told her to not touch his food before saying: “I will knife you.”

At the end of the case, Fisher said: “If you want to find me guilty of something then find me guilty of being nice.”

Fisher is set to be sentenced on April 6 and has been remanded in custody until that date.