Swiss woman fined for harassing neighbours with racist slurs and littering
A 77-year-old Swiss woman has been fined after repeatedly insulting her neighbours and dumping small waste items on their property. The court ruled she must pay a total of 2,073 francs for verbal abuse and littering offences.
The case began in 2024 when the woman left a handwritten note filled with derogatory phrases outside an elderly couple's home in Pfaeffikon SZ.
In early 2024, the woman placed a note in the couple's letterbox and outside their door. The message included insults like 'old white mentally disturbed man', 'the Spanish conceited saleswoman', and 'the cheap loud yelling from the English-speaking, non-integrated IT consultant'. Authorities later classified these remarks as defamation, but the couple's complaint came too late for further investigation.
That same year, she also sent multiple emails containing slurs such as 'slum backpack', 'little Columbian', and 'non-integrated IT consultant'. She told the family to return to their home country. The couple formally reported the incidents to police at the end of March 2025.
The court found the woman guilty of repeated verbal abuse under Swiss law. She was also convicted for deliberately discarding small waste items on the neighbours' property. Prosecutors did not pursue racial discrimination charges, but the judge imposed a conditional fine of 30 daily rates at 50 francs each, an additional 570-franc fine, and 1,500 francs in procedural costs.
The woman must now pay a total of 2,073 francs. The sentence reflects penalties for both verbal abuse and property damage under Swiss criminal law. Some allegations, however, were dropped due to missed legal deadlines.
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