Kristi-Anne Hill pleads guilty to wilful damage following neighbourhood row over Disney service

A friendly gesture turned into an abuse-filled feud between a woman and her next door neighbour following an issue with the use of a streaming service. Read the latest.

A friendly gesture turned into a violent feud between one woman and her next door neighbour following a dispute over the use of a streaming service.

Kristi-Anne Hill, 44, was initially facing an assault occasioning bodily harm charge, which was downgraded to wilful damage relating to the incident which took place on April 27.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Steve de Lissa said at around 2.50pm that afternoon, yelling and abuse could be heard at a Warwick residence, with two neighbours arguing about money owed.

The squabble quickly escalated, with the court told that Hill pushed a broom through the neighbour’s screen door and began kicking it.

The offending was labelled as “out of character” and out of “sheer frustration” by Hill’s defence lawyer Clare Hine.

Ms Hine revealed the context of the offending was that Hill, who had become somewhat “friendly” with her neighbour over the years, had paid for the Disney+ subscription of the neighbour as a one-off gesture.

“Just prior to the offending, the victim of the matter had renewed the subscription but had used Hill’s bank details instead of her own, with Hill just wanting to find out how it could be resolved,” Ms Hine told the court.

The neighbour became abusive towards Hill as an argument erupted, and out of frustration, Hill picked up the broom that was next to the door and put it through the screen door.

Ms Hine said Hill was “remorseful” and had “let herself down” as she had worked hard to turn her life around.

Magistrate Andrew Cridland said there was nothing in Hill’s past history that was of a like nature and accepted that as a credit in her favour.

Hill was fined $500 and no conviction was recorded.