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Washington, Mar 23 (ANI): A woman in Florida, US has been charged for shooting her neighbour’s house after he refused to give her a kiss.

Helen B Staudinger, 92, was accused by her neighbour Dwight Bettner, 52, of firing four shots at his Fort McCoy home when he refused her advances.

But she says that her relationship with him soured because of his “lies” and that he was not “paying his way” when they dined out.

At the Marion County Jail Judge Sarah Ritteroff Williams told Staudinger that even if she posts the 15,000 dollar bail for charges of aggravated assault with a firearm and shooting into an occupied dwelling and gets out of jail, she still is forbidden to have any contact with Bettner.

The judge also warned Staudinger that if Bettner’s residence is within 500 feet of her home, she is not allowed to return home. And, the judge added she is not allowed to possess any firearms or ammunition.

“I feel pretty good,” Ocala.com quoted Bettner as saying upon hearing the news of the restrictions placed on his neighbour.

He said Staudinger once cooked dinner or breakfast for him and he gave her a kiss on the cheek just “trying to be nice to her.”

“I’ve got a girlfriend of my own,” he said, adding that he has repeatedly ignored the woman’s advances.

But according to the Star-Banner, Staudinger said that the reason she went to Bettner’s home was because he owed her money from the times they went out to eat.

“The more I thought about it, the madder I got,” she said.

She denied asking for a kiss before leaving, but she did say the weapon belonged to her. (ANI)