Nightmare neighbours who were hauled before the courts A faeces smearer, axe hurler and a woman who stabbed her neighbour are among those who were brought before a judges Updated Left to right; Josh Wade, Natasha Law and Paul Carney These are the neighbours whose horrific actions made them such a nightmare that their behaviour landed them in front of a judge. One court heard of two homophobic neighbours who threatened a man with a meat cleaver, a claw hammer and a boiling kettle. Joao Alves and Ivan Bonaparte were hauled before the court after they said they would kill their neighbour, with Bonaparte adding it would be "one less gay in the world".