A DORSET family is being evicted for being nuisance neighbours.

But Kimberley Legg says her family could end up on the streets after a court agreed with Magna Housing Association that she was a nuisance to her neighbours.

The 29-year-old has just 28 days to find a new home, but the mother of two insisted today that she was not a bad neighbour and said she would appeal against the decision. Miss Legg, who shares her home in Damers Road, Dorchester, with partner Philip Broome, 33, said: "I am not a bad neighbour. Any problems I had with my neighbours were not started by me.

"We will have nowhere to go if the eviction is carried out and we'll end up on the streets. Our neighbour started the trouble.''

The county court in Weymouth issued the possession order against Miss Legg after hearing neighbours Kirsty and Timothy Course were forced to flee their home after enduring months of problems.

The couple kept a record of the problems they faced for more than a year, which included noise into the night, while living next to Miss Legg. They recorded 160 separate incidents during that time but the problem became so bad in the summer that the couple left their home and have not gone back since

A spokesman for Magna Housing said the couple have since been rehoused away from Dorchester.

Miss Legg said: ''They said we were playing music at 3am, which we didn't and that our dog did nothing but bark and howl - but he is as good as gold

"My children - Sofia, seven, and Chad, four - are very upset they will have to move out of their home. After the case Sofia asked me if we would be thrown out and I had to tell her we would - she was so upset she refused to come home and spent the night with my mum.

"We have 28 days to find somewhere else to live otherwise we will end up on the street with two little children - I just don't know what we are going to do - I don't even know where we are going to put our stuff - it's just a nightmare. I am planning to appeal."

The Magna spokesman said: "The case was brought for non-payment of rent - although that had significantly reduced - and more importantly for causing neighbour nuisance.

"In extreme cases like this we will do everything we can to help the victims involved in neighbour disputes.

"We will always champion the cause of people who have legitimate reasons to complain if they are having problems with neighbours.

"We will do everything we can to investigate allegations of nuisance neighbours and going to court is always a last resort."