A maths teacher accused of harassing his German neighbours by playing wartime classics and performing Nazi salutes has claimed that he is himself the victim of harassment.
Geoffrey Butler subjected Reinhard and Kathryn Wendt to four years of “misery” by loudly playing Vera Lynn’s White Cliffs Of Dover, the Dambusters theme tune and Rule Britannia, Medway Magistrates’ Court was told today.
It is also claimed the 54-year-old broadcast a Winston Churchill speech.
Mr Butler, who stands accused of racially aggravated harassment, also allegedly whistled patriotic tunes, stared at his neighbours and made a series of unfounded complaints about them. He denies the allegation.
The court heard the relationship between Mr Butler and the Wendts turned sour shortly after they moved next door to