A maths teacher has been convicted of harassing his German neighbours by playing wartime classics and performing Nazi salutes.
Reinhard and Kathryn Wendt, both 62, said 54-year-old neighbour Geoffrey Butler made their lives a misery over four years and the abuse was like "being water-boarded".
Butler was found guilty of racially aggravated harassment and sentenced to a three-year conditional discharge at the request of his neighbours, who said they did not want vengeance.
He was also given a restraining order banning him from playing loud music, using threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour towards the couple, pointing photographic equipment at them or their property, or making any suggestive comments towards the German race.
Butler, of Lower Upnor, near Rochester, Kent, loudly played wartime songs including The White Cliffs Of Dover by Vera Lynn, the Dambusters theme tune and Rule Britannia, as well as broadcasting a Winston Churchill speech, Medway Magistrates' Court was told today.
He also whistled patriotic tunes, stared at his neighbours and made unfounded complaints about them.
As Butler was sentenced, he shouted that the trial had been a farce and he would be appealing against the conviction in the Crown Court.
Magistrate Colin Smith said: "We found Mr and Mrs Wendt to be compelling, credible and consistent witnesses.
"Their assertion that loud war-related music was being played was corroborated.
"We found Mr Butler's evidence to be evasive and contradictory, both in the court and in police interview.
"We are satisfied beyond all reasonable doubt that Mr Butler played music on a regular basis for a prolonged period of time that he ought to have known would cause offence to Mr and Mrs Wendt."
The relationship between Butler and the Wendts turned sour shortly after they moved next door to the teacher in the village of Lower Upnor in early 2007.
Following a row over solicitors' costs from a failed deal over the transfer of a 6ft piece of land, the neighbours fell out.
The situation came to a head on July 30 2007 when Butler and Mr Wendt came to blows after the teacher accused his neighbour of throwing something at him as he returned home.
Butler claimed Mr Wendt waved a chair at him and was shouting: "Get off my land, big head."
A scuffle ensued and Butler said he tried to restrain his neighbour while defending himself.
But Butler, who had no visible injuries following the fight, was arrested and taken to the police station. He was released without charge but the harassment continued.
Barrister Thomas Daniel, representing Butler, referred to several incidents between July 2007 and April 2011 where the Wendts had claimed Butler had played loud wartime music, used the word Nazi, taken photographs of the couple and had been heard whistling the Dambusters theme tune.
He said there had been so many listed by the couple that certain incidents had been given names, including the fat old trout day and the neighbourhood watch issue.
But Butler maintained that he had not harassed his neighbours - it was they who had been harassing him.
He said he did not own any Dad's Army-style music and he never played music from his house. He also said he could not whistle.
Prosecutor Alistair Dickson said: "You do not like Mr and Mrs Wendt, and because you do not like them, you decided to make their lives a misery because of Mr Wendt's German origin and because of Mrs Wendt's connection to him."
Outside the court Mr and Mrs Wendt said they felt justice had been done but they were too frightened to go on living opposite Butler and would have to move.
Mrs Wendt said: "It has been hell. It has been awful. We have had nightmares and have not been sleeping. I have just been so upset."
Mr Wendt said: "I cannot say I really feel anything towards him. I feel that justice has been done today. We feel relieved. You cannot really describe it. You have to live with it over these years and I do not think people would understand.
"You cannot move freely around the house without being attacked. It's very difficult living like that. I do not know what is going to happen next.
Butler refused to comment as he left the court.