Man who tore down neighbour's gate ordered to sell £1M home over £129k bill

A veteran Parliament bell ringer has been ordered to give up his £1 million London home after failing to pay more than £100,000 owed to neighbours following a bitter dispute over the entrance to their £2 million property. The details were reported by the Daily Mail.Adrian Udal, 66, became embroiled in the legal battle after he removed a roller gate and door belonging to financier Nicholas Patrick-Hiley’s mews home in Fulham, west London, in August 2023.Patrick-Hiley had just completed the purchase of the property and arrived at his new home to find Udal and another man dismantling the gates.Dispute over access to £2 million homeThe Patrick-Hileys had planned to turn the property into their retirement home. However, the dispute with their neighbour soon escalated into a lengthy legal battle.Udal argued that he was entitled to remove the gate because he owned the land on which it stood.