{"id":28338,"date":"2026-05-04T15:33:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/28338\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T15:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:33:30","slug":"lanarkshire-nightmare-neighbour-evicted-after-two-year-asbo-terror-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/28338\/","title":{"rendered":"Lanarkshire nightmare neighbour evicted after two-year ASBO terror battle"},"content":{"rendered":"

The couple were left barricading their doors after a threat to petrol bomb their car as Peter Ferguson breached his antisocial behaviour order at least seven times.<\/p>\n

08:46, 04 May 2026Updated 08:52, 04 May 2026<\/p>\n

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The neighbour has been evicted(Image: SWNS)<\/p>\n

A couple’s nightmare ASBO neighbour has been evicted after nearly two years terrorising<\/a> them – caught on doorbell cam.<\/p>\n

Chris and Amy Masterson have lived fear of Peter Ferguson as he carried out a campaign of verbal abuse and threats.<\/a><\/p>\n

Ferguson was captured on camera calling Amy a “f*****g w***e,” and the couple were left barricading their own doors after a threat to petrol bomb their car.<\/p>\n

After Amy and Chris contacted police<\/a>, Ferguson was given an antisocial behaviour order but breached the terms at least seven times.<\/p>\n

Finally, after what the pair described as am ongoing “toxic” situation, South Lanarkshire Council have confirmed that Ferguson has been evicted.<\/p>\n

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Chris Masterson(Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n

Chris, 46, told the BBC: “It’s a weight off our shoulders. When he was in the street, we couldn’t have sat outside without getting abused. We would get shouts and threats so it has been a massive weight off everybody’s shoulders.”<\/p>\n

The couple, who had lived in their Forth home since 2016, described the area as “absolutely brilliant,” until Ferguson moved to the street in 2024.<\/p>\n

Chris, who suffers from mobility issues following a stroke, described how he feared for the lives of Amy and their two children.<\/p>\n

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Amy was forced to barricade the door at her home(Image: SWNS)<\/p>\n

Chris said: “Ferguson started verbally abusing my wife for no reason. Then he started abusing our visitors, and it’s continued to escalate ever since.<\/p>\n

“After he threatened to petrol bomb our car, the council took him to court to get an ASBO – which he’s broken many times.<\/p>\n

“He’s rang the doorbell at half past one in the morning, and a few seconds after that, our car windscreen was smashed.<\/p>\n

“My mobility is poor, so I can’t look out the window – I keep an eye on the doorbell to see if he’s going to start abusing her or be violent towards her. He’s a ticking time bomb.”<\/p>\n

The couple appeared in court nearly 20 times over the last two years for various hearings relating to Ferguson’s behaviour, and said the legal battle had a negative effect on the whole family’s mental health.<\/p>\n

They say they are deeply relieved to have the situation resolved.<\/p>\n

South Lanarkshire Council said: “Eviction proceedings were concluded at Lanark Sheriff Court on 23 February 2026, and the tenancy was subsequently recovered by the council on an agreed date.<\/p>\n

“An anti-social behaviour order granted in relation to the former tenant remains in place.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The couple were left barricading their doors after a threat to petrol bomb their car as Peter Ferguson…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3501,2757,5,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-28338","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-lanarkshire","9":"tag-real-life","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116517037874679951","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}