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Man who lost home and liberty over dispute with neighbours loses appeal

The Court of Appeal has upheld a 15-month prison sentence on a man who fell out with his neighbours. Mark Coates, from Robertsbridge, near Hastings, was sentenced to 64 weeks for contempt of court last September after he and his wife Louise became enmeshed in a boundary dispute with Janice Turner and Brian Greenwood. The two couples lived on either side…