Neighbours have told how they are living in Big Brother hell after training 24-hour CCTV cameras on each other. University worker Yvonne Henderson claims she can no longer use her conservatory because Tony Poolton has cameras pointed at the back of her home. But the grandad says he only put up his cameras because he spent two years under the watchful eye of the Hendersons OWN prying lenses. The squabbling Smethwick neighbours are busy putting up barriers to block the Big Brother-style surveillance - and last night both sides described each other as the family from hell. The bitter dispute started seven years ago after Mr Poolton, 62, first complained about his neighbours being noisy and has since broken out into open warfare. Mrs Henderson, 49, claims that she has had to endure abuse, including an alleged threat to torch the Thimblemill Road home, where she lives with husband Ray, 56, and two sons Lee, 23 and Ryan, 19. She also claims that stones have been thrown at their house and that she has had to take time off work because of stress. But Mr Poolton says that it is he and his wife, Vivien, who are the victims of a sustained hate campaign. He alleges that the Hendersons have hurled stones at his house, abused his wife, who is recovering from cancer, thrown noisy parties and over-revved their car engines. The police have been called in on several occasions, often arresting Mr Poolton, who has been before the courts. The former builder was bound over for 12 months following a hearing at Dudley Magistrates in 1999. But in July 2000 he was cleared of harassing his neighbours after another court hearing. Then in 2001 he was subject of an 18-month restraining order after he pleaded guilty to harassment. But it is not all one-way traffic. The Hendersons were also bound over for 12 months. | 
