Army veteran left shocked after fence kicked down over row with neighbour
An army veteran who was wrongly blamed for a fallen tree saw his fence kicked down during a neighbour feud
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An army veteran who was wrongly blamed for a fallen tree saw his fence kicked down during a feud with a neighbour.
Gary Daultrey, from Worcester, said holes were kicked in the fence after it was mistakenly assumed he was responsible for branches being trimmed off a tree on the other side.
The grandfather is now looking for answers following the tree row in which his neighbour's fence was also damaged.
According to Platform Housing - the company responsible for the fence - repairs are set to be carried out.
The grandfather is now looking for answers following the tree row in which his neighbour's fence was also damaged
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"It was a very loud bang. I was just about to go in the shower when I heard the crash. They threw a piece of wood through the fence," he told Worcester News.
"The stuff started to be pushed over my fence - so I just pushed it back. Then, all of a sudden, I heard a crash and the fence had gone in."
The 69-year-old has been left puzzled after Platform Housing replaced his neighbour's fence panel but not his.
Daultrey, a former lance corporal in the Army Air Corps, explained that the fence was damaged after he had cut down a tree in his garden which backs onto Sheepscombe Drive.
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However, the veteran claims another neighbour also down a tree on the Sheepscombe Drive side of the fence which he believes may have resulted in the confusion.
Daultey explained that he taken his own garden waste from his felled tree to the tip in Bilford Road but says he was blamed for the mess from the other tree.
He said: "They shouted 'are you going to remove all the rubbish?' At first I said 'of course I will' then I realised they were throwing the branches over the fence.
"I realised they were talking about the tree I had not cut down. This was a completely different tree. Those tree cuttings were nothing to do with me."
A former lance corporal in the Army Air Corps, explained that the fence was damaged after he had cut down a tree in his garden which backs onto Sheepscombe Drive
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Daultry, who suffers from post traumatic stress disorder after three tours of duty in Northern Ireland between 1974 and 1980 during The Troubles, said he had been left quite upset by what happened.
He added: "I'm happy for Platform to get access to the property to fix the fence".
A spokesperson for Platform Housing said: "Thank you for the enquiry, the replacement fence panel is booked into our system and will be carried out in due course."
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