EXCLUSIVE Bitter four-year feud between warring neighbours over a communal ... trends now
This is the moment a bitter four-year feud between two warring neighbours fighting over access to a communal alleyway flared up again – this time when one accused the other of stealing bricks he'd stacked up on the path.
Police officers were called to the furious row between Kevin Grogan and Mohammed Alam after Mr Alam moved a pile of bricks his neighbour had stacked up on the communal path between their homes – and threw them in a skip.
In a long-running dispute, Mr Grogan has claimed that the communal strip of land Rochdale, Greater Manchester belongs to him. He has filled the area with building debris and even installed a padlocked metal gate to prevent his neighbour getting access to what he says is his land.
Former builder Mr Grogan was dubbed a 'neighbour from hell' as he became involved in a four-year battle with Mr Alam and his wife Anju and installed intrusive cameras, which overlooked their back garden.
The feuding pair ended up before magistrates last month where Mr Grogan, 68, was told he didn't own the land and he was ordered to remove the gate.
Police officers were called to the furious row between Kevin Grogan and Mohammed Alam after Mr Alam moved a pile of bricks his neighbour had stacked up on the communal path between their homes – and threw them in a skip
In a long-running dispute, Mr Grogan has claimed that the communal strip of land Rochdale, Greater Manchester belongs to him
Mr Grogan has filled the area with building debris and even installed a padlocked metal gate to prevent his neighbour getting access to what he says is his land
Former builder Mr Grogan was dubbed a 'neighbour from hell' as he became involved in a four-year battle with Mr Alam and his wife Anju (pictured with their four-year-old daughter Aya) and installed intrusive cameras, which overlooked their back garden
When the retired roofer failed to do so, Mr Alam took matters into his own hands and was filmed using an angle grinder to remove the gate himself.
But the row between the warring neighbours boiled over again yesterday when police were called to the once quiet street to intervene when Mr Grogan accused his neighbour of theft when Mr Alam began removing a pile of bricks from the land and put them in a skip.
In the footage, Mr Gregon can been seen angrily accused him of stealing and ordered the arrest of his neighbour by officers, who were reluctant to intervene.
In the chaotic footage, the furious pensioner can be heard berating the four officers for failing to detain his neighbour who continued to scoop up the bricks.
As he continued to berate officers in the pouring rain one finally snapped and told him: 'This really isn't a matter for the police, is it? People being attacked or mugged need us, not you!'
But the defiant pensioner ignored her and jumped into the skip to retrieve his bricks and with the help of two officers stacked them back against his wall before the officers left.
It was the latest twist in an extraordinary land-grab row that has seen officers repeatedly called to the properties.
Following the most recent angry exchange, Mr Grogan told MailOnline: 'What's going on is illegal and he's stealing my property.
'Those bricks are on my land. The alleyway is common access land, but this nine-foot strip by my garage wall just under the overhang of the roof belongs to me.
'He's got no business going on my land and taking my bricks. He should be done for theft.
'Those bricks are valuable, probably worth £1 a pop in today's prices, but I want to use them to build a washroom onto my kitchen extension.
'It's something I've wanted to do for years but I've always had trouble getting into the alley because of all the debris Mr Alam, not me, has
