Bitter neighbour boundary dispute been settled in court - after raging for DECACES from marie assi Watch Video

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A bitter neighbour boundary dispute has been settled in court - after raging for DECADES.<br/><br/>The row between two warring pensioners revolves around a quarter of an acre of disputed territory - with both parties saying it has cost them tens of thousands and affected their mental health.<br/><br/>Angela Coupe, 70, claims she first bought 1.5 acres of land in 1972, a five minute drive from her detached bungalow in Chesterfield, which she used for horses in 1974.<br/><br/>She built a wooden post along a concrete boundary which she said had been there since the 1930s.<br/><br/>The retired social worker and former Marie Curie nurse said she was “horrified” when she caught her neighbour Ian Revell, 66, and his late father moving the posts in her field in the mid 1990s and approached them.<br/><br/>She claims that she is entitled to 1.5 acres, and that the Revell family sold a quarter of an acre in 1945, leaving them with 0.77 of an acre. <br/><br/>However, Mr Revell has refused to budge and hit back at her claims.<br/><br/>He claims they are each entitled to one acre, meaning that Angela is currently encroaching by taking half an acre more than she is entitled to.<br/><br/>For nearly 30 years the two families have been at loggerheads, but Southern Derby Magistrates Court has now ruled in favour of Mr Revell with a judge ruling his adversary had lied about putting up a fence.<br/><br/>Following the verdict, Angela said she was \