A patch of grass scarcely big enough for a picnic table is at the centre of a High Court battle between a “townie” couple and locals who claim that their “village green” has been “stolen”.
Bridget Kelly, a former accountant, and her partner Richard Wozniak, a retired dentist in Fleet, Hampshire, have told the court that they escaped six years ago to Rosgill, with a population of 50, in Cumbria.
They were attacked online, however, by locals over the use of a small triangular patch of grass and track in front of their house, measuring roughly 20 by 10 yards.
The couple said they had spent two years transforming their cottage, Abbott House, from a dilapidated wreck into a “dream home”. A feud has erupted