BISHOPDALE WOMAN CONVINCED NEIGHBOUR'S SOLAR PANELS ARE "WATCHING HER HANG WASHING"

A Bishopdale resident has formally accused her next-door neighbour's rooftop solar panels of conducting surveillance on her clothesline, her vege patch, and what she described as "my general comings and goings".

The complainant, Lorraine Beasley, 58, of a cul-de-sac off Greers Road, contacted this reporter after her third call to the non-emergency line was, in her words, "not taken with the seriousness it warranted". Ms Beasley alleges the panels, installed by neighbour Hamish Croker in August, "track the sun, yes, but also me".

"They glint when I'm pegging out the smalls," Ms Beasley said, gesturing at the array next door. "They didn't glint before he put them in. You explain that."

Mr Croker, 41, an IT contractor, told this reporter he had no comment beyond "they're solar panels, mate, they face the sun, that's the whole point". He has since put up a hedge, which Ms Beasley has logged as a "sightline obstruction in bad faith".

This reporter consulted a mate at the station, who confirmed there is no offence under the Crimes Act 1961 or the Privacy Act 2020 that covers panels looking at a Hills Hoist. Ms Beasley was advised to consider net curtains. She is instead considering the Ombudsman.

A follow-up visit on Thursday found Ms Beasley had taped tinfoil to the inside of her bedroom window. She declined to explain why, citing "operational reasons".