Oct 15, 2009 0
Neighbors Fight Over Fowl Coop & Fence
Carol McLeod was hauled before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday, for reportedly destroying her neighbor’s fowl coop in an ongoing dispute between them over a zinc fence that divides their properties.
McLeod, who is charged with malicious destruction of property, told the court that for several years now the complainant has been destroying the fence whenever she puts it up. She said that on the night in question, she was in her bed when she heard a noise as if someone was trying to break into her house.
She said she got up and looked outside and saw the complainant pulling down the fence again, and she got upset, went outside and took up a piece of board and started to hit the fence. McLeod said the complainant later told her that she had destroyed his fowl coop.
In the end, the judge advised McLeod that he should take the matter to the Sutton Street Court (Civil Court), and sue him for trespass. He dismissed the case, suggesting finally that they both go and sue each other.