He added: “On her evidence her own behaviour was beyond reproach. On McGlinn, the sheriff claimed she was “well able to stand up for herself”. The home on Hartfield Avenue in Paisley (Image: DAILY RECORD) It was totally innocent but the next thing we knew was we were being dragged into court by Paul and Laura and accused of hosting ‘hate parties’. Susanne – who lives next door to McGlinn and McFadyen in a four-in-a-block flat – said: “We held a wee get-together in the garden, with a Hawaii theme – an Aloha party we called it. Among the claims was an accusation they hosted a “hate party” with other members of the street to bully McFadyen and McGlinn. Neighbours Susanne McDowall, 59, and 29-year-old daughter Anne Marie were horrified to be dragged into the civil case, where they were identified as the “nucleus” of the delusional accusations.

'Unexploded bombs' discovered at Scots property as emergency crews race to scene.Care home fined £20k after resident died from drinking sanitiser during lockdown.But the tables were turned after the sheriff in that civil case accused them of making up claims against other residents in the street – and ordered them to pay £37,500 in legal costs.

McFadyen and McGlinn had previously taken their neighbours to court claiming imaginary abuse by other residents of quiet Hartfield Terrace in Paisley. The pair were convicted of stalking their neighbours after police uncovered hundreds of hours of CCTV surveillance that was gathered illegally – including footage inside one neighbour’s home. Paul McFadyen and Laura McGlinn, both 53, wreaked havoc on a quiet street through their obsessive snooping. A stalker couple trained CCTV cameras on their neighbours’ homes and falsely accused them of child abuse and plotting against them in a shocking reign of terror.

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