A FORMER children's TV presenter faces a £100,000-plus after losing a court fight with her Bracknell neighbour over a 'property line' disagreement.
Gertrude Garrow is best known for starring on Ireland's 1980s children's show 'Bosco’, before later becoming an author and screenwriter.
The 77-year-old clashed with her neighbour, Gary Short, 57, after bringing in a mini-digger and a team of workers to uproot a hedgerow next to her £1.3million home - Brockhill Farm Cottages, Warfield.
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In 2020, Mrs Garrow had reportedly become ‘annoyed’ by people using a public footpath along a track in front of her property.
As a result, she decided to ‘block it’ by flattening the hedge and diverting passersby along the other side of a fence and gate she erected, in line with what she claimed was the ‘true boundary’ between her and Mr Short’s property.
However, Mr Short disagreed about the location of the boundary, thus claiming Mrs Garrow was 'trespassing' by sending walkers across his land.
In response, Mr Short built his own gate across the new path to stop people straying onto his land, but Mrs Garrow's workmen later pulled it down.
Now London’s High Court has ruled that Mrs Garrow was in the wrong, leaving her facing a court bill of over £100,000.
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A judge is yet to rule on the size of the legal bill but she has already been ordered to pay £100,000 in lawyer fees.
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