Newsletter #039 (View other news stories)
FARMER JAILED FOR FORKLIFT RAMPAGE
Leicester, United Kingdom
Thursday, 10 May 2001
LEICESTER, United Kingdom -- A farmer who snubbed council demands to tidy his yard, and dumped three council cars in a hedge with a forklift, has been jailed for two months.
As reported last October by Forkliftaction.com, Brian Statham, 56, wrote off two of the cars when planning officers served an enforcement notice.
Leicester Crown Court heard Statham had been arguing with his local council for almost 10 years, the Ananova news website said.
When council officers refused to leave his property, Statham jumped in his forklift, put the forks under the cars and tipped them on their sides, causing GBP9,000 damage.
He then drove calmly back onto his land, where he arrested. Statham pleaded guilty to three charges of criminal damage to the cars.
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