mum-of-three hit neighbour over the head with a spade after campaign of abuse

An elderly couple have said they fear their next door neighbour after she was released from prison for hitting a relative with a spade.

Cat Lloyd,44,was sentenced to 10 months in prison for the attack on their grandson in May 2023.

However,as she has already served that time while on remand for GBH,she was released due to time already served.

CCTV footage Lloyd,a mother-of-three walking toward the victim in the narrow passage that divides their home.

She has the spade in her hand,which she raised above her head before bringing it down on his head.

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Start your day informed with Metro's News Updates newsletter or get Breaking News alerts the moment it happens.Lloyd launched her attack in Peterborough following a dispute that started over letters she received from her neighbours over some building debris.The couple told the Daily Mail: ‘From there on,we were called paedophiles,we were called murderers,you name it.‘We had to get cameras put in. She was shouting it over the fence. For nearly two years I didn’t dare go out our back gate because she’d be there all the time waiting for me.’They said Lloyd started ‘hating’ the victim after he stood up for them and ‘gave her as much back’.‘We had the police out so many times and we told them she’s like a ticking time bomb. You just don’t know when she’s going to kick off.’Weeks before the attack,CCTV picked Lloyd up threatening: ‘Do you have a preference? I’ve got a spade,I’ve got garden shears,or I’ve got a rake.’Catherine ‘Cat’ Lloyd,launched the astonishing attack after what police called a ‘long-running dispute’ between the neighbours (Picture: Facebook)The victim,a man in his 20s,was left with a cut to his head that required hospital treatment (Picture: Cambridgeshire Police)The elderly couple,who cannot be named,have had an iron gate fitted to secure the passageway,said: ‘We are having to safeguard ourselves from the possibility of an absolute nutjob coming back to finish the job that she intended.’Despite the judge imposing a restraining order on Lloyd,they say ‘there’s physically nothing to stop her’ returning because she is back on the streets and still has keys to the house next door.Lloyd then rang her ex Aaron Hockey who turned up armed with a wooden bat which he used to hit the man,police said.Hockey was given a suspended sentence after he admitted ABH and having an offensive weapon over the incident.DC Lloyd Davis said: ‘Catherine Lloyd’s behaviour in this case was completely unacceptable.‘Irrespective of any ongoing dispute,violence like this is not the answer.‘I’m pleased the victim can now move on.’