Grandmother from hell jailed after cruel campaign of harassment against gay neighbours

Grandmother Elvira Baptiste has been jailed for a sustained campaign of harassment against her gay neighbours, which forced them to move out of their home.

Baptiste, 64, appeared at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (15 December), when she was jailed for 16 weeks for harassment over several months, the Bristol Post reported.

The mother-of-ten denied the charge of harassment without violence but was found guilty after a trial in November.

The court heard that Baptiste displayed offensive posters, repeatedly played the song “Boom Bye Bye” by Buju Banton, which has violently homophobic lyrics, and shouted abuse at her next-door neighbours Dean Griffiths and Andrew Knight.

The gay couple have since moved out of the property in Redfield, Bristol.

Alison May read a statement from Mr Griffiths, which said: “She has made our lives misery. She seems to be watching us all the time and has put posters up in her window. We can not use our garden as it feels like she is watching us. I am not sleeping very well and our relationship is suffering."

Ms May said the two victims moved into the property in early 2020 and that the harassment began in May, when next-door neighbour Baptiste shouted at them, “You stupid f**king queer.”

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