A court hears Thomas Hollis accused neighbours of reporting him to police for breaching Covid rules
A deputy council leader "intimidated" his neighbours after they called police to report he was "holding meetings from his hot tub" during the first Covid lockdown, a court heard.
Mrs Jones-Golding said Mr Hollis then confronted her and threatened to report her to police himself for "harassment of a key worker". Police officers from the Taser unit went to the scene but were "satisfied" no such incident occurred after reviewing phone footage that Mrs Golding-Jones filmed during some of the confrontation, the court heard.Mr Golding was asked by prosecutor Mark Fielding to describe how he felt about being called a paedophile, and replied: "Trying to explain what a paedophile is to a six-year-old - it shouldn't happen. It really upset me.