Former F1 team manager created 'living nightmare' for West Cork neighbours

Giving evidence to the court, the Phillips's outlined numerous incidents of harassment by Hannes Meyer towards them between 2017 and 2021. 

The court heard that Hannes Meyer believed that the boundaries between his property and the Phillips were incorrect. Picture: Googlemaps Court House

A former Formula 1 team manager and BMW marketing executive has been found guilty of a sustained campaign of harassment against his neighbours over a four-year period.

German national Hannes Meyer, aged 79, of Foxhill, Lowertown, Schull, denied harassing his neighbours Deirdre and William Phillips in Schull between July 29, 2017, and August 7, 2021, before Judge James McNulty in three sittings at Bantry, Skibbereen and Clonakilty district courts in West Cork.