A councillor who called his pensioner neighbours ‘The Peeping Tom’ and ‘The Tart’ in a bitter 13-year war of words has today been banned from talking to them. Brendan Murphy, 79, has been slapped with a restraining order and a £100 fine after being hauled to court over the neighbourly dispute in quiet Disley, in … Read more
A councillor who called his pensioner neighbours ‘The Peeping Tom’ and ‘The Tart’ in a bitter 13-year war of words has today been banned from talking to them. Brendan Murphy, 79, has been slapped with a restraining order and a £100 fine after being hauled to court over the neighbourly dispute in quiet Disley, in … Read more
A councillor who labelled his elderly next door neighbours ‘The Tart’ and ‘The Peeping Tom’ during a 13-year war of words on their leafy suburban street was facing jail today. Brendan Murphy, 79, hounded Christopher Boyd and his wife Margaret with barbed comments after they fell out over a dispute about local gossip. Whenever Mr … Read more