A NURSE who posted beetles and crickets through her neighbour's letterbox has been struck off.

Angelina Farlow subjected a family living next door to a three-year campaign of harassment by hosting regular all night parties, banging on walls, smearing food on her neighbour's car and using a hosepipe to soak their washing line.

Farlow then failed to tell her bosses at University Hospital North Tees that she had been charged with criminal damage and later harassment, the Nursing and Midwifery Council heard.

During her prolonged campaign of harassment, which began in 2010, the nurse was found screaming outside her neighbour's home and she even used a hosepipe to soak washing on their line and aim it through their son's bedroom window.

She later posted beetles and crickets through her neighbour's letterbox, the hearing was told.

Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS NHS Foundation Trust began an investigation in May last year after learning of the police charges.

Farlow phoned her line manager in a drunken stupor on August 28, 2013 and said she had just received a 'f***ing horrific letter' from the Trust.

She said: “I did my best for you and just want the best for everyone, and now I get a snotty f***ing letter.”

Farlow was convicted of harassment at Teesside Magistrates' Court on November 8 last year and dismissed a month later.

Striking Farlow off, NMC panel chair Brian 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.”

He added: “In the panel’s findings, Mrs Farlow’s conviction displays disgraceful behaviour towards a member of the public and is deplorable.”

The nurse was struck off on the basis of this, her conviction and dishonesty.

Another nurse who stole an 87-year-old patient's bank cards to fund a £5,000 online gambling spree has also been kicked out of the profession.

Rubilita Coggin, 49, stole the elderly woman's debit and credit cards while she was treating her at the University Hospital of Hartlepool, in April last year.

Over the next three months Coggin blew £5,000 of the money on an online gambling site, playing at all times of the day and spending between £10 and £600 a time.

Her spending continued even after the patient passed away, and only ended when her widower noticed banking irregularities, the Nursing and Midwifery Council heard.

Coggin, of Elmwood Road, Hartlepool, was convicted of theft and two counts of fraud by false representation and jailed for 15 months in January this year and was struck off as a result her conviction.