A NORTH Berwick couple who were banned from their own street after they carried out a hate campaign against neighbours have put their home on the market.

David and Jacqueline Aston were found guilty of making malicious claims to the police and local authority, and recording their neighbours on a near-daily basis between October 2018 and October 2021.

Jacqueline Aston also attempted to wreck one neighbour’s career by reporting her to the General Teaching Council for Scotland, falsely claiming she was using drugs and neglecting her children.

The nightmare neighbours were found guilty in September of causing three sets of residents fear and alarm following a 24-day trial spread over 11 months at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

Jacqueline Aston, 58, was also found guilty of assaulting one neighbour and to breaching bail conditions on three occasions.

Victims of the couple told the trial that their three-year ordeal had been “intimidating”, “utterly appalling” and “a living hell”, as well as seriously affecting their health.

As part of the sentencing, Sheriff John Cook issued a non-harassment order banning the Astons from the town’s Blackadder Crescent, where they live; the order is due to come into force on January 31 next year.

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The couple have now put their £500,000 four-bedroom detached home up for sale as they prepare to leave the area.

A schedule was placed online through agents Simpson and Marwick last week showing the family property complete with three bathrooms, two public rooms and a garage.

The house has a front and back garden with views of North Berwick Law and is described as being “immaculate in condition” with a “unique glass balustrade fence and patio area”.

One neighbour, who did not wish to be identified, said: “The whole area has been celebrating after seeing the house has been put up for sale and knowing we will finally be getting rid of the Astons.

“The last few years have been such an ordeal for everyone around here with their disgusting behaviour and actions towards their neighbours.

“To act in the way they have has been totally scandalous and I know for a fact what they have done has had a really bad effect on the health of some of the folk who they have been targeting.

“It’s such a shame that it has come to this, but they can have no one else to blame but themselves.”

Sheriff Cook also sentenced the pair to a 15-year non-harassment order banning any contact with six neighbours and said they must pay two couples a total of £10,000 in compensation.

Jacqueline Aston was ordered to carry out 300 hours of unpaid work, while husband David was placed on supervision for three years and must wear a tag and stay within his home between 6pm and 6am each night for eight months.

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Sheriff Cook said that the couple’s behaviour had caused their neighbours “very serious distress and significant psychological harm”.

The court was told that, following her conviction, Jacqueline Aston was forced to resign from her job as a nurse at a local care home.

David Aston had to step down from his positions with a head and brain injury charity, Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland and the Stroke Association.

The trial was told that David Aston, a former charted accountant, had written and self-published a novel that featured a character who developed superpowers following a stroke.

The character in A Stroke of Fortune then uses his magical powers to wreak revenge on his local community.

Aston, 56, penned the book after suffering serious injuries including brain trauma and a massive stroke following a motorway car crash 10 years ago.

The trial heard that one family had been recorded 248 times by the Astons, including 67 times in just one day, and were forced to cancel family gatherings in their garden due to the constant surveillance.

A second family were maliciously reported to the local authority 140 times over five months and complaints were made to the police that they were neglecting and abusing their children.