A man drilled holes in the wall he shares with a neighbouring family because he claims it encroaches on his garden by a couple of inches.
The pensioner received a £90 fine for the criminal damage but he has continued his protest by displaying messages outside his house criticising the family – who say the row has left their children “embarrassed to go out”.
For a few months Ewen Taylor has been putting wooden placards at the front of his house, which sits on a busy road.