A grandmother was questioned by police after she splashed her neighbour's car while watering her hanging baskets.

Officers were called in to talk to 73-year-old Lynda Middleton after dirt from her flowers fell on to the car parked below her property in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire.

Mrs Middleton claims she was 'made to feel like a criminal' and said her heart was pounding when she saw police on her doorstep.

Officers were called in to talk to 73-year-old Lynda Middleton after dirt from her flowers fell on to the car parked below her property in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire (pictured)

Mrs Middleton said two community support officers were sent to her home to resolve the issue.

She told The Sun: 'I was very frightened and my heart was pounding.

'But then they said they had called about me watering my flowers. I was devastated.

'I don't think I'm a criminal but they made me feel like one. Nobody can believe they'd waste their time speaking to me with other issues going on in the area.'

Mrs Middleton's daughter Emma said it was 'absurd' police were sent to her mother's property.

The 73-year-old said she was made to feel like a criminal after mud and dirt from her hanging basket fell onto a nearby car

Robert Buckland MP, the Solicitor General for England and Wales, said police should not be getting involved in such a ‘trivial matter’.

Tory MP Andrew Bridgen said police have 'much more important things to investigate'.

However, the wife of the complainant, who did not want to be named, said: ‘There have been a number of incidents. It’s not just about the hanging basket.’

A Hertfordshire Constabulary spokesperson said: 'Two PCSOs visited an address in Borehamwood, on Monday to help to resolve a neighbour dispute regarding water and soil from hanging baskets leaking onto a parked car.

'Officers stressed that no-one was at fault. They were simply there to help resolve the issue and provided possible solutions.

'As part of their duties within the community, PCSOs often help to facilitate resolutions between neighbours, which helps to prevent issues from escalating and possibly requiring further police intervention in the future. '