A WOMAN who sprayed bleach in her neighbour's face, leaving her shocked, terrified and in pain, has been spared an immediate prison sentence but ordered to pay her £1,000 compensation.

Recovering drug addict, Hayley Brown, attacked Kim Dennison after pouring bleach on her flowers and pulling up her garden lights, Bradford Crown Court heard on Monday.

Brown, 31, a mother of two, pleaded guilty to administering a poison or noxious liquid with intent to annoy on October 26 last year and to causing harassment, alarm and distress.

She was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment, suspended for two years, with a rehabilitation activity requirement. An indefinite restraining order bans her from having any contact with Mrs Dennison.

Prosecutor Duncan Ritchie said the two women lived opposite one another in Dellside, Cullingworth, and used to get on well.

But things changed and in 2012, Brown was given a harassment order in respect of Mrs Dennison.

The pair had not spoken for months when the latest trouble flared.

Brown, now of Stradmoore Road, Denholme, was arguing with her partner and accused Mrs Dennison of listening in.

She lent into Mrs Dennison's living room through an open window and shouted and swore at her.

Mrs Dennison asked her to leave and closed the window, the court was told.

Brown then returned wearing a large coat and carrying a bottle of bleach.

She poured bleach on flowers on Mrs Dennison's drive and pulled up her garden lights, Mr Ritchie said.

Mrs Dennison went out and told Brown: "Right, you've had it now," to which she replied: "Have I now?"

Brown then squirted bleach three times into Mrs Dennison's face. It stung her left eye and ran over her arm and body.

Mrs Dennison attended hospital where her eye was flushed out with four litres of saline fluid. She needed follow up treatment at a specialist eye clinic and feared long term damage to her sight, Mr Ritchie said.

She was now "a nervous wreck day and night," the court heard. She was afraid to leave her home and had paid to have CCTV installed.

Brown's barrister, Camille Morland, said she had no previous convictions and did not intend to hurt Mrs Dennison, just to annoy her.

She had been struggling with mental health problems and was too ill, embarrassed and afraid to plead guilty at the first opportunity.

Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC said Brown's life was in turmoil at the time and she had since made good progress. She had expressed great remorse and contrition and had not caused Mrs Dennison any problems since.