A farmer who defended his dwelling and property by flipping a automotive off his land has been cleared of harmful driving and legal harm.
Fourth-generation hill farmer Robert Hooper, 57, argued in court docket that an Englishman’s house is his citadel, and he had been assaulted earlier than he used his tractor to take away the Vauxhall Corsa final June.
Cell phone footage confirmed how he used a telehandler with forks to carry the £16,000 automotive from the lane outdoors his farm in Newbiggin-in-Teesdale, County Durham, flip it, and push in on to its facet on the highway outdoors.
Shirtless passenger Charlie Burns, 21, who had been visiting the realm that day and had drunk as much as seven bottles of lager, was knocked to the ground by the car’s lifting forks.
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