Woman jailed for 'haunting' owner of castle

A Polish woman who harboured a grudge against her husband’s employer has been sentenced to four months’ imprisonment for terrorising the boss by making ghostly sounds at his castle-like estate in Austria.

The 42-year-old woman, whose name was not released, was convicted on Friday on nuisance charges after she allegedly spent weeks masquerading as a ghost and making mysterious noises, Austrian television reported.

Police captured the woman on videotape after the jittery owner, who employed the suspect’s husband, begged authorities in the alpine province of South Tyrol to solve the mystery.

The haunted owner had complained of hearing footsteps in the hallways and slamming doors late at night at the estate near Austria’s southern border with Italy.

It was unclear why the Polish woman had become angry.