A woman who falsely accused her landlord of murdering Sally Anne Bowman claims she is the real victim of harassment.

Janet D'Sa denied three counts of harassment at Croydon Magistrates' Court and instead claimed her victims had targeted her.

The court heard how Ms D'Sa sent a string of abusive letters to the home of her landlords Derek and Anne Jenkins.

She also targeted neighbour James Biley, labelling him a racist and claiming he needed to be sectioned before he "killed someone".

Postman Gary Spackman, who delivered letters to her block of flats in Tavistock Road, was falsely accused of beating her after he allegedly caught her rifling through his postbag.

Mr Jenkins told the court how he was targeted when his tenant complained of a faulty shower soon after she moved to the sixth-floor flat in September 2005.

Ms D'Sa, who receives housing benefits, stopped paying rent and wrote the first of four letters, accusing them of entering her home without permission and causing criminal damage in her flat.

She also accused Mr Jenkins of benefit fraud, hitting his wife and claimed the couple were engaged in incest and three-in-a-bed sex sessions.

Mr Jenkins said the worst claim was the suggestion he was involved in Sally Anne Bowman's death.

He said: "She reported me as a murder suspect in the Sally Anne Bowman case and claimed the police said that even though I fitted the e-fit 100 per cent it was only my age that stopped them from arresting me.

"She said, I bet you did not rush out to give a DNA sample voluntarily'. It's upsetting to the point of being quite sick that somebody should make those sort of remarks."

Ms D'Sa claimed Mr Spackman beat her so badly she could not leave her house for two weeks. However, there was no evidence to prove her injuries and Ms D'Sa admitted under cross-examination she used public transport just hours after the alleged attack in an attempt to get proof of treatment from a nearby hospital.

She told the court: "It took 24 hours for the bruises to come out. It was then I had difficulty breathing."

Mr Spackman said he was so traumatised by the allegations he changed his post route.

Magistrates are expected to deliver their verdict next Monday, April 2.