A PENSIONER branded "a neighbour from hell" this week has said she would be willing to give up one of her kidneys to pay for somewhere else to live.

Mary Urry, 79, was given just 14 days to get out of her sheltered accommodation bungalow in East Cowes after a judge found she had subjected staff and residents at the care home to years of verbal abuse and threats.

But the defiant pensioner told the Daily Echo she would be remaining on the Island.

She said: "I would give somebody one of my kidneys in exchange for somewhere to go and live. It is not true that everybody is against me. I am hoping that somebody will have a little bit of pity for me."

During the two day hearing at Newport County Court, Mrs Urry was branded as a "manipulative woman" by Judge Michael Tenant.

The judge ordered that Mrs Urry should be evicted from her home within 14 days - in spite of an appeal from her barrister that it would leave the pensioner homeless by Christmas.

The court was told how the pensioner had subjected other elderly residents to years of threats and verbal abuse.

A particular target of her hatred was Lindsay Hayes - the warden at the Gordon Lodge home.

Mrs Urry had even been reported to the police about her campaign against Mrs Hayes of verbal abuse and hatred. The court heard that elderly residents at the home were terrified of the pensioner who shouted and swore.

But Mrs Urry told The Daily Echo that the clash with Mrs Hayes had been nothing more that a "clash of personalities."

She addded that she feared she would not get anywhere else to live because of the publicity surrounding the case.

She said: "My only worry is that my name will be blackened and I will not be able to get anywhere else to live."

Mrs Urry, who has lived on the Island since 1946, said she had dropped a note into her son, who still lives in East Cowes, telling him about her predicament. But she had not been in touch with family in Southsea and Southampton because she was too proud.

Meanwhile, residents at the home were breathing a sigh of relief that they were going to see the back of Mrs Urry.

Mrs Joan Cheek, 73, whose grandchildren were subjected to verbal abuse by Mrs Urry when they came to visit her at Gordon Lodge, said: "She has made life here unbearable.

"She followed me down the road one day. I ran across the road because I was frightened. It is a big relief she is going. It will be lovely not to have to worry when I open my door."

Another resident, Harold Clark, 78, said both his wife and himself had suffered abuse from Mrs Urry. He said: "I have had all sorts of V-signs. I am overjoyed she is going. I know my wife will be too."

Boss of Medina Housing Angus Macdonald said social services had been alerted and would be dealing with Mrs Urry's case.

He added that Lindsay Hayes, Gordon Lodge's warden, would be given leave to get over her ordeal.

He said: "We have just had to go to this stage. We have tried everything else. She has turned down a number of offers made to help change her. If we were at fault at all, it is that this action could have been taken a long time ago."

A spokesman for the Isle of Wight council said Mrs Urry had not yet made an application for housing.

"If she did she would be given temporary housing just the same as any other elderly or disabled person. She will not be made homeless and that temporary housing will be in place until her claim is assessed."