Jeanne Wilding, 56, of Walsden, near Todmorden, appeared at Calderdale Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

The court was told she pushed a barrow into Penny Pratt's legs and dumped a bag of garden waste on her head.

After disputes over when the incident happened, Judge Sandra Keen asked everyone to come up with a resolution.

The 56-year-old had already been found guilty of criminal damage to a clematis plant belonging to Mrs Pratt during a trial held earlier in the day.

After all this money and all these resources something has got to make it stop Judge Sandra Keen

Wildling, of South Bottomley Farm, denied the charge.

The court, based in Halifax, heard how the alleged incidents happened in July 2003 and were part of a continuing dispute between Wilding and other residents in the village.

An interim Anti-Social Behaviour Order has been granted against Wildling following problems over where she puts her rubbish bins.

A full hearing is to be held into the matter later in the year.

Judge Keen told prosecutor James Ward: "After all this money and all these resources something has got to make it stop.

"It's not doing anyone any good to have to give evidence. It's not doing the defendant any good to sit there.

"We seem to be making things worse instead of better and that's not something I want to see happen."

It is thought �10,000 of public money has been spent on the dispute by the police, council, court service and Crown Prosecution Service.

Wilding denies a charge of common assault. That trial continues on Thursday.

A third trial, in which Wilding will face a charge of causing criminal damage to a tyre, will begin after the end of the assault trial.