The decision by a court to let a woman walk free after she threw boiling water over her neighbour sparked anger across the city.
Chloe Walsh, 27, left her victim, Kimberley Caples, with facial burns after throwing the boiling water over her head.
Earlier this week Liverpool Crown Court heard how Walsh marched around to her neighbour's house and threw boiling water mixed with sugar over Ms Caples.
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Martine Snowdon, prosecuting, told the court that Walsh launched the attack during a dispute between the two women who lived near each other in Kirkby.
Neighbour's heard raised voices and then spotted Walsh with a white kettle in her hand.
Ms Caples was taken to hospital after being left with "facial burns to the right side of her face and scalp" which resulted in scarring.
Walsh, of Pentland Road, Kirkby, pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent on the basis the victim had "attended near to the defendant's home address" following a "dispute between the parties".
The judge, Recorder Ian Unsworth, QC, decided not to send Walsh to prison because she was a mother.
Sadly the courts often hear of simmering disputes between neighbours that result in violence.
Spade fights in the street
Kirkby men Dwayne Stanley and Gerard Garner fought each other with spades after a dispute.
Garner, 47, marched around to his neighbour's house after learning Stanley had made inappropriate comments to his wife.
When Stanley brandished a baton and set a dog on him, Garner returned with a spade. Stanley then grabbed a shovel which resulted in a major "disturbance."
Stanley hit Gerard’s car with a spade and Gerard hit Stanley with his spade causing cuts.
CCTV footage of the incident in Deerbolt Way, Kirkby, was played to the court in which the men are seen wielding the spades at each other. Stanley was seen being restrained by his mum at the end of the incident. Other neighbours had come out and one called police.
During a hearing on July 30 Liverpool Crown court heard that Stanley had suffered a serious brain injury as a child.
The men, both of Deerbold Way, both pleaded guilty to affray.
The judge, Recorder Jon Close, said: "The behaviour of both of you was petty, infantile and it was highly dangerous. It was tit for tat retribution, fortunately the injuries were minor but could have been an awful lot worse."
Stanley was sentenced to eight months imprisonment suspended for 18 months. He was also ordered to carry out 40 days rehabilitation activities and a four month curfew between 9pm and 7 am was imposed, plus £80 costs.
Garner was jailed for 13 months imprisonment suspended for 18 months and ordered him to pay £1,200 prosecution costs and to carry out 150 hours unpaid work and 15 days rehabilitation activities.
Machete attack
Seaforth dad Alan Daley, 50 attacked Jack Callear with a machete and then calmly walked away.
The two families lived near other on neighbouring streets in Seaforth, and Daley's son was friends with Jack Callear.
Chris Stables, prosecuting, said the delivery of a shed to the Callear's home formed the background to the machete attack.
Daley's son walked past the Callear's home on April 25, 2019, and asked what was happening.
Mr Stables said: "At the time, Jack said something like "It’s got nothing to do with you, walk on".
Three hours later Daley and his son walked around to the Callear's address. When Jack Callear appeared Daley senior asked his son "if that was him."
When Daley's son replied yes his dad brandished the machete and "held it in his right hand" before he "swung the weapon, in an overarm swing, at Jack’s head".
Daley, of Rossini Street, Seaforth, tried to swing the machete a second time but it didn't appear to make contact.
Mr Callear suffered deep cuts to his hand which required microsurgery and left him unable to work for months.
Daley was jailed for two years and three months.
Arson
Rachael Roche was caught on a doorbell camera setting fire to a wheelie bin after a long running parking dispute.
Roche, who was high on cocaine and alcohol, used a cigarette lighter to set fire to the bin, which led to smoke and toxic fumes filling a house in Netherton.
Fortunately the occupants, John McDonough and his partner Joanne Kenny, weren't in because they had moved out and put their home up for sale after a long running parking dispute.
Henry Riding, prosecuting, said Mr McDonough and his partner had lived in a mews development, New Park Court in Bridge Lane, Netherton, for about seven years at the time of the arson on November 22, 2020.
But Mr McDonough and his partner moved out after a dispute with locals over parking.
About 11.10 pm on November 22 the Ring doorbell motion activated camera captured Roche approaching the property and then going out of sight towards the bins kept under the porch.
Roche, of Bridge Lane, Netherton, pleaded guilty to arson being reckless whether life would be endangered.
Bad Grandad
In May this year Liverpool Crown court heard distressing details of how a grandad spewed vile homophobic insults in an hour-long outburst at his neighbour after she asked him to keep the noise down.
Craig Tagoe, 57, shouted and screamed at the woman from outside her window while calling her a "lesbian b******".
Neil Bisarya, prosecuting, explained the woman had lived in the same block of flats as Tagoe in Walton.
He shouted "lesbian b******" at the woman which "made her feel really upset" and "targeted".
Mr Bisarya said he arrived at the door and shouted "open the door you lesbian c***" and continuing for five minutes, prompting the woman to call her dad.
Tagoe, of Maddocks Street, Old Swan, admitted threatening words or behaviour to cause alarm or distress.
He was handed a five months sentence suspended for 18 months. He must complete 250 hours of unpaid work and 25 days of Rehabilitation Activity Requirements.
Tagoe was also ordered to complete 90 days of the new Alcohol Abstinence and Monitoring Requirement.
Woman stabbed her neighbour
Tina Morgan stormed round to her friend’s home armed with a knife and stabbed her.
In April Liverpool Crown court heard how Tina Morgan attacked Michelle Blundell after her neighbour became fed up with her demands for cash, tobacco and food.
Sarah Griffin, prosecuting, told Liverpool Crown Court how the two women had been neighbours for nine months prior to the incident on August 23, 2019.
But when Mrs Blundell became irritated by Morgan's demands, the relationship soured.
Matters came to a head on the evening of August 22, with Morgan sending Mrs Blundell a series of aggressive text messages.
At around 10am she went around to her neighbour's home on Silverdale Road, Newton-le-Willows - where they both lived.
Morgan then assaulted Mrs Blundell, who punched Morgan and tried to drag her out of her home.
Morgan then stabbed Mrs Blundell in the stomach with a large chopping knife.
Morgan, who has 13 convictions for 80 previous offences, pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding and possessing a bladed article in public.
She was jailed for 17 months and was led to the cells in floods of tears.
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