Paintball article in Daily Telegraph??
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LOL, did find this on the telegraph though. This is what happened down at Temple:
'Rave party' pensioner sued by neighbours
By Stewart Payne
(Filed: 25/04/2002)
A COUPLE who claim their pensioner neighbour has made their life a misery by allowing illegal raves, war games and cannabis growing on her property are suing her for £75,000 damages.
Mark and Jane Fowler claim that the activities of 76-year-old Ellen Jones have cut the value of their farmhouse and made it impossible for them to sell.
Lewes County Court in East Sussex was read a list of 25 complaints against the pensioner yesterday. Mr Fowler, 45 and his wife, 53, have started a civil action for aggravation.
The couple, who run a nursing home, bought their property at Newchapel, Surrey, from Mrs Jones in 1983 and have spent years renovating it. Mrs Jones lives next door and owns the surrounding land at East Park Farm.
They accepted that their neighbour was "eccentric", but said her alleged anti-social behaviour has caused them "untold misery" in recent years and put off would-by buyers of their 16th-century home.
The court was told that Mrs Jones had allowed her grounds to be used for raves and paintball games; she had burnt old car tyres; ignored a court order banning her from keeping horses; allowed her farm be used as a cannabis factory and had failed to obey noise abatement orders.
Jerome Wilcox, representing the Fowlers, suggested that Mrs Jones fell out with the Fowlers after a judge ruled against her in a boundary dispute.
Mr Wilcox said that when the Fowlers tried to sell their house in 1990, Mrs Jones sent a letter to the estate agents dealing with the sale making " wrongful allegations" against the couple. These had blocked the sale of the house.
The court was told that Mrs Jones ignored letters and telephone calls from Tandridge District Council regarding planning breaches and abatement orders and that in 1995 Oxted magistrates disqualified her from keeping animals.
The court was also told that Mrs Jones sent a letter to her solicitors in 1990 accusing the Fowlers of trespassing on her land. In it, she complained that the couple's visitors were parking on her driveway.
Mr Wilcox said: "She has caused untold misery for my clients. Her disregard for previous court orders is an aggravating factor to what we say amounts to nuisance conduct."
Mrs Fowler told the court: "We both thought she was an eccentric but a pleasant lady, very friendly."
The court was shown video footage, taken by a CCTV camera set up by the Fowlers. It appeared to show Mrs Fowler catching Mrs Jones sifting through mail left for them by their gate.
Mrs Fowler is shown to snatch the letters from her grasp and call her a "nosey old bat" before storming off.
'Rave party' pensioner sued by neighbours
By Stewart Payne
(Filed: 25/04/2002)
A COUPLE who claim their pensioner neighbour has made their life a misery by allowing illegal raves, war games and cannabis growing on her property are suing her for £75,000 damages.
Mark and Jane Fowler claim that the activities of 76-year-old Ellen Jones have cut the value of their farmhouse and made it impossible for them to sell.
Lewes County Court in East Sussex was read a list of 25 complaints against the pensioner yesterday. Mr Fowler, 45 and his wife, 53, have started a civil action for aggravation.
The couple, who run a nursing home, bought their property at Newchapel, Surrey, from Mrs Jones in 1983 and have spent years renovating it. Mrs Jones lives next door and owns the surrounding land at East Park Farm.
They accepted that their neighbour was "eccentric", but said her alleged anti-social behaviour has caused them "untold misery" in recent years and put off would-by buyers of their 16th-century home.
The court was told that Mrs Jones had allowed her grounds to be used for raves and paintball games; she had burnt old car tyres; ignored a court order banning her from keeping horses; allowed her farm be used as a cannabis factory and had failed to obey noise abatement orders.
Jerome Wilcox, representing the Fowlers, suggested that Mrs Jones fell out with the Fowlers after a judge ruled against her in a boundary dispute.
Mr Wilcox said that when the Fowlers tried to sell their house in 1990, Mrs Jones sent a letter to the estate agents dealing with the sale making " wrongful allegations" against the couple. These had blocked the sale of the house.
The court was told that Mrs Jones ignored letters and telephone calls from Tandridge District Council regarding planning breaches and abatement orders and that in 1995 Oxted magistrates disqualified her from keeping animals.
The court was also told that Mrs Jones sent a letter to her solicitors in 1990 accusing the Fowlers of trespassing on her land. In it, she complained that the couple's visitors were parking on her driveway.
Mr Wilcox said: "She has caused untold misery for my clients. Her disregard for previous court orders is an aggravating factor to what we say amounts to nuisance conduct."
Mrs Fowler told the court: "We both thought she was an eccentric but a pleasant lady, very friendly."
The court was shown video footage, taken by a CCTV camera set up by the Fowlers. It appeared to show Mrs Fowler catching Mrs Jones sifting through mail left for them by their gate.
Mrs Fowler is shown to snatch the letters from her grasp and call her a "nosey old bat" before storming off.
