A father-of-five who was jailed and handed a £475,000 court bill after a dispute with his neighbours has been ordered to sell his home to pay for the huge sum.
The warring neighbours had been warned by High Court judge, Mr Justice Morgan, that persisting in the row could result in financial ruin for one or both of them. Brian Greenwood , 69, and Janice Turner , 65, won a court case over the boundary dispute of a garden fence between their two properties earlier this month
And there are some common misconceptions about who is responsible for which side of the fence, along with any associated repair and maintenance invoices. But what was a row over a small strip of land descended into chaos, with allegations made on both sides of various forms of unneighbourly behaviour.
But despite the warning, the case continued and ended up before Judge Sarah Venn at Hastings County Court, who in September 2022 found against Mr and Mrs Coates on the row over the position of the boundary. The judge was shown video which she said showed Mr Coates approaching Mrs Turner, 'visibly angry' and making 'abusive comments and engaged in physically threatening behaviour.'
But with interest, the couple were still left facing compensation and legal bills totalling about £475,000 for the disastrous fence dispute. 'We are not going to stop fighting this matter, even if it's eight or 10 years down the line,' Mr Coates told the judge, Master Brightwell.
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