Man admits killing neighbour’s fish out of ‘frustration and lack of sleep’

A man has admitted using motor oil and detergent to kill his neighbour’s fish and destroy a water pump out of “sheer frustration and lack of sleep”, a court has heard.Gerry Duffy, 76, of Hadley Road, Barnet, north London, was “driven completely insane” by the sound of a water pump running his neighbour’s fishpond.On Tuesday at Willesden Magistrates’ Court, Duffy pleaded guilty on the day of his trial to damaging the pond, fish, water pump and pipes in March.Gerry Duffy arrives at Willesden Magistrates’ Court (Maja Smiejkowska/PA) He had warned his neighbour, Andreas Ptohides, that he would take matters into his own hands if he did not do something about the noise.Shahid Iftakhar, prosecuting, told the court the “neighbour dispute” had killed “five or six” of Mr Ptohides’s Koi carp, and pot