A Cummertrees woman has spoken of her family’s six-year legal battle to evict a man who set up home on their land.Grace Hyslop told the Standard of their relief at the end of a “hellish” ordeal.
Tenant Malcolm Priestley was originally given permission to stay in a caravan on a site at Newfield Plantation at Cocklicks Farm for six months.
But at the end of that period he decided to remain and the land owners started legal action to evict him. Ms Hyslop and her partner Edward Marshall finally managed to remove him from the site after a lenghty and costly court fight.
She said: “This has been an absolute nightmare believe me. It’s been so horrible to deal with, it’s been hellish.“There’s not just a financial cost there’s a mental one as well.
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