Horse whisperer and his wife are locked in £300,000 bitter boundary dispute ... trends now
A horse whisperer and his wife are locked in a £300,000 bitter feud with their neighbours over a tiny piece of sloping land.
David Catchpole, 63, and his wife Sally, 66, have been rowing for eight years with Steven Sammut, 56, and his wife Sandra, 54, about who owns the area between their rural homes' two gates in leafy Surrey.
In 2018 the Catchpoles won a civil case at Winchester County Court, which ruled the Sammuts had no right to prevent them using the land.
The Sammuts were ordered to pay £65,99.86 costs to the Catchpoles, which rose to over £122,000 when they lost an appeal to the High Court. The Catchpoles have had to spend around £140,000 in legal fees.
The Sammuts have now brought a criminal private prosecution against their neighbours in which they have accused the Catchpoles of lying during the civil case.
David Catchpole, 63, and his wife Sally, 66, (pictured outside Guildford Crown Court) have been locked in a bitter land dispute with their neighbours in Churt, Surrey, for eight years
Steven Sammut, 56, and his wife Sandra, 54, (pictured) have now brought a criminal private prosecution against the Catchpoles
The feud is over a tiny patch of sloping land situated between the two homes which provides access from the public road
The patch of sloping land provides access from the public road to a large side gate on the Catchpoles' property.
It is adjacent to the Sammuts gate in a part of Surrey where properties routinely sell for over one million pounds.
The Catchpoles arrived on bail at Guildford Crown Court yesterday and have had to instruct a barrister for the new case.
The Catchpoles, of Glenhead Farm, Hyde Lane, Churt, Farnham are both charged with wilfully making false statements in judicial proceedings on March 12 and 13, 2018.
They are also both charged with obstructing the course of public justice on or about June 1, 2020 by providing false and misleading information regarding their property boundaries to Aldershot and Farnham County Court.
The couple are also
