An accountant involved in a bitter long-running dispute with his neighbours over an access road behind his suburban office appeared in court yesterday, accused of multiple ASBO breaches.Roger Gloucester-Trotman, 74, (pictured) of Devon Road, Sutton was made subject to an Anti-Social Behaviour Order after making the lives of local residents a misery near his office in nearby Westmead Road, Carshalton.
He claims the dispute cost him the life of his son Ian, who killed himself, aged 44, by carbon monoxide poisoning inside a drain on the road over three years ago - plus £200,000 in legal bills.
Planning permission was successfully won - despite local objections - by the family for the construction of two three-storey townhouses at each end of the road, which Gloucester-Trotman believes only he has lawful access to.
He appeared at Croydon Crown Court for a preliminary hearing on thirteen charges of breaching his ASBO by reporting parking and motoring issues concerning the access road to police and blaming police for the death of his son.
Many of the charges involve Gloucester-Trotman telephoning the 101 police non-emergency number with complaints or going to Sutton Police Station in person and span from October 24, last year until February 19.
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