A woman accused of stalking in Lincolnshire told a court she was the victim

She showed the jury several photos that she said supported her point.

“Our rear windows are within his reach 24/7,” Chen told the jury.

“Who is persecuting whom, who is more ruthless?”

Ms Chen said she also knew of “three or four” recording devices belonging to Mr Smith and told jurors he was often in his back garden with headphones.

She claimed that Mr Smith also placed recording devices in her own home.

The first interaction between the Smiths and the defendants is alleged to have involved a dispute over a front hedge on July 18, 2023.

Mr. Smith went to trim the hedge that was between his property and his neighbors’ property.

It is alleged that he met with Ms Chen, who objected to the hedge trimming, and Ms Lu, who “threatened him with legal action from an upstairs window”.