Pensioner Fined For Spraying Next-Door's Builder

A pensioner who lives in a £1.6m semi-detached house has been fined for assaulting a builder working on a neighbouring home he sprayed with a garden hose.

Lawrence Barclay, 73, of Kew Foot Road, Richmond found himself charged and ordered to appear before Wimbledon Magistrates Court, where he pleaded not guilty to the allegations.

Yesterday he was fined a total of £120 after he was convicted of two counts of assaulting Thomas Hilson outside his next-door neighbour's home on June 27 and 30.

Before the trial he had been banned from contacting any members of staff of contractors Stainsby, who had upset him during work next-door last summer.