A woman accused of harassing her next-door neighbours has told a Court they turned against her because she refused to marry either of their brothers.

Razia Aziz, 26, had been friendly with Noreen Waheed and her husband Waheed Faisal when they first moved in to Benn Avenue, Lidget Green, at the start of last year, Bradford Crown Court was told yesterday.

She said after a couple of months Mrs Waheed began “pressurising” her to marry her brother, who was in Pakistan, and bring him to England.

When she told Mr Faisal what was happening, he said she should marry his brother instead, Aziz told the court.

Mr Faisal had told her his brother was closer to her age and had a better personality than his wife’s brother, Aziz said.

She said Mr Faisal had offered her gold, money and promised her a big Asian wedding.

“I said no to him. I kept saying I’m not ready for this, I’m going through a divorce. I just kept saying no,” she said.

Mr Faisal gave her £450 and told her it was her “ticket to Pakistan” she told the court.

He had also installed a phone line in her house so she could speak to his brother, she said.

The couple went to Pakistan and when they came back her relationship with them changed and “everything was upside down” she said.

Aziz, now of Allerton Road, Allerton, is accused of harassing her neighbours and destroying property.

Prosecutor Adam Beaumont alleged in April last year the couple “could not get away from the abuse”.

Aziz was accused of throwing objects from her window in July, one of which hit her neighbours’ young child.

She is also accused of swearing and throwing a glass at Mrs Waheed, and sending men round to the couple’s house.

Aziz denied throwing any objects and said: “I didn’t harass them, I don’t know why they keep saying it, ask anyone.”

She said the only time she threw anything was when she threw a football back to the family after it had gone into her garden.

The trial continues.

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