Warring neighbour prosecuted in row over gargoyles (From Echo)
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Warring neighbour prosecuted in row over gargoyles
11:10am Friday 8th February 2013 in Southend
A WARRING neighbour has been prosecuted – after a row broke out over some gargoyles.
A court was told Stephen Adams was in the midst of a heated boundary dispute with Brian Smoothy and the pair had fallen out.
But he really lost his rag when he came home to find the gargoyle ornaments had been taken up and placed on his front mat.
He immediately assumed it was his neighbour, in the Drakes, Shoebury, and decided to retaliate by wedging a piece under the man’s shed so he could move it a few yards.
Unfortunately he ended up causing permanent damage to the shed, two days before Christmas.
On hearing about the land disspute, Robert Caccavale, chairman of the bench at Southend Magistrates Court, said: “You should go through the proper channels. If you’ve got a land dispute with your neighbour there are means in this country to get them resolved.”
“You can’t go knocking his shed down.”
The court heard previous criminal damages had been committed by Adams in the past towards the same victim.
Adams said he had also called the police on previous occasions but was told it was a civil matter.
Adams pleaded guilty to criminal damage and was given a 12 month conditional discharge, and must pay £100 compensation to his neighbour, £85 costs and a £15 victim surcharge.
Comments(13)
DCLEIGH
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1:03pm Fri 8 Feb 13
They would not have been Gargoyles as Gargolyes are used in the roof line to direct water away from the building (a bit like drainage pipe-heads).
These would have been classed as Grotesques.
So , it's an even more Grotesque Crime than first thought!
stopmoaning1
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3:46pm Fri 8 Feb 13
firedog
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4:26pm Fri 8 Feb 13
Bernard Fatsack
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4:49pm Fri 8 Feb 13
Carnabackable
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5:32pm Fri 8 Feb 13
boyracer21
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6:09pm Fri 8 Feb 13
tac123
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6:37pm Fri 8 Feb 13
This article reads as though it was written by a twelve year old, are the echo paying their employees with haribo these days? Please have some standards and start publishing stories written in an appropriate tone and prose, this is pathetic!
Soouthchurch59
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8:40pm Fri 8 Feb 13
runwellian
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12:54pm Sat 9 Feb 13
tac123 wrote:You are right, the standard of Echo editors is appalling, almost every article has mistakes!
"But he really lost his rag when he came home to find the gargoyle ornaments had been taken up and placed on his front mat."
This article reads as though it was written by a twelve year old, are the echo paying their employees with haribo these days? Please have some standards and start publishing stories written in an appropriate tone and prose, this is pathetic!
As fro the issues, I bet the fine didn't do much to improve neighbourly relationships!
DogsMessInLeigh
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2:19pm Sat 9 Feb 13
Carnabackable
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2:22pm Sat 9 Feb 13
DogsMessInLeigh wrote:Who's that ? Ronnie Tretton....
I know someone who has a shed for sale if the bloke who's shed got broken was interested.
sosad 1
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3:23pm Mon 11 Feb 13
Carnabackable wrote:you should grow up yes you of the spelling nazis and grammer gestapo on these threads
Grow up the pair of you..
Soouthchurch59 says...
11:14am Fri 8 Feb 13
An ugly crime.