A woman who tormented her neighbours with foul-mouthed rants and racial slurs has been kicked out of her Enfield home and slapped with an Anti Social Behaviour Order (ASBO).

Jacqueline Childs, 37, of Burncroft Avenue, embarked on a two-year hate campaign which police say left residents intimidated and fearing for their safety.

Complaints flooded into English Churches Housing, the housing association which owns Childs' property.

The unemployed single mother-of-three was also accused of not being able to control her children, caught misbehaving in the neighbourhood.

Childs, who contested the charges, was found guilty of anti-social behaviour at Edmonton County Court last Tuesday.

She will be forced to leave her rented maisonette property within the next week, while the ASBO bans her from entering Burncroft Avenue and the surrounding area for the next two years.

Her eviction follows joint work between Enfield Council's Community Safety Unit, the police and English Churches Housing.

Cllr Ertan Hurer, Enfield Council's cabinet member for community safety and development, said: "Although we would have preferred not to take this action, which was a last resort, it shows we will proceed with action against anyone causing disturbance if all else fails.

"Everyone has the right to live in a peaceful environment in which each individual respects the rights of others."

PC Steve Hodgson, anti-social behaviour co-ordinator at Enfield Council, added: "Tackling anti-social behaviour is a major priority and we are determined to proceed with court action if all other avenues have been exhausted.

"We worked together and got a good result which will bring some relief to residents."