David Iles, defending Margaret Wooliscroft, 60, made the comment before a judge sentenced her to 28 months in jail for a campaign of abuse she orchestrated in Brindley Ford, a village in Satffordshire.

The court heard Ms Wooliscroft swore at people, accused others of being paedophiles and would block lanes on purpose using her geese.

Mr Iles said his client was “about as popular as a diesel Volkswagen”.

She was convicted of breaching an ASBO which banned her from abusing villagers and was also found guilty of racial harrassment.

According to Recorder Stephen Thomas, she revelled in making her fellow villagers’ lives unbearable.