Nurse who posted beetles and crickets through neighbours' letterbox is struck off

A nurse who posted beetles and crickets through her next-door neighbours’ letter box has been struck off.

Angelina Farlow hosted regular all night parties, banged on walls and smeared food on her neighbour’s car as part of a three-year campaign of harassment.

Farlow had been charged with criminal damage and later harassment, but failed to tell her bosses at the University Hospital North Tees in Stockton, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) heard.

Farlow was employed by the Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV) and worked as a liaison nurse at the hospital.

NMC panel chair Brian Yates said that Mrs Farlow’s conviction displayed “disgraceful behaviour towards a member of the public and is deplorable”.

He said that her behaviour “put staff members and patients at risk”.

During her campaign against her neighbours, which began in 2010, the nurse used a hosepipe to soak washing on their line and also aimed it through their son’s bedroom window.

She posted beetles and crickets through her neighbour’s letterbox, threw food at their house and was verbally abusive, the hearing was told.

TEWV began an investigation in May last year after learning of her police charges.

Farlow was drunk when she phoned her manager on August 28, 2013, telling her she had just received a “horrific letter” from the trust.

Swearing repeatedly, Farlow said: “I did my best for you and just want the best for everyone, and now I get a snotty letter.”

Striking the nurse off, Mr Yates said: “There is nothing before the panel to assure it that Mrs Farlow recognises the gravity of her dishonesty, aggressive behaviour and actions.

“Similarly, she does not appear to understand the importance of her failing to disclose such important matters to her employer.

“The panel found that not only was her failure to disclose information serious, it was a repeat of earlier behaviour, as it heard evidence that she had previously been informed of the importance of disclosure when she had failed to disclose a previous conviction regarding drink driving.”

An 18 month interim suspension order was also immediately imposed to allow for an appeal.

Farlow was convicted of harassment at Teesside Magistrates’ Court on November 8 last year.

She was dismissed by the trust a month later.