A long-running shared driveway dispute led to a company boss "throttling his neighbour and damaged his expensive Jaguar car," a court heard.
Trevor Hollisey has been accused of grabbing Neil Ford by the throat "for ten to 15 seconds" and is charged with causing more than £1,300 of damage to a Jaguar F-PACE belonging to his next-door neighbour.
Hollisey, 72, who owns a kitchen fitting business with his wife Jennifer, appeared at Norwich Magistrates Court.
The dispute centres around a shared driveway in the Norfolk village of Bressingham.
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Tensions allegedly came to a head on December 30 last year when Hollisey grabbed Ford by the throat "for ten to 15 seconds" and assaulted his wife, Michelle.
Hollisey, is accused of assaulting Ford and his 20-year-old daughter, Sophie, as well as causing £3.99 damage to Sophie's phone screen protector.
He has denied the criminal damage charge and a count of assault by beating against Sophie. No plea was entered for the charge of intentional strangulation during the hearing.
His wife denied two assault by beating charges involving Ford and his daughter and the Crown Prosecution Service withdrew a count of common assault against the pair. She also pleaded not guilty to damaging the screen protector on Sophie's phone.
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The court heard how the Holliseys bought their detached home, Highfield House, in the Norfolk village of Bressingham for £540,000 in March 2021.
Meanwhile, the Fords moved into their £672,000 home, Copper Dene, six months later.
Magistrates in Norwich heard that the disagreement centred around the alleged victims opening the gate onto the defendants' section of the driveway.
Previously, there had been complaints to the police about the "paving being smashed."
Prosecutor Katherine Newson said the couples had subsequently fallen out in a "dispute over access to their driveway."
Declan Gallagher, defending the Holliseys, said the alleged incident was the result of a "long-term dispute" and that "there is a very messy history to this."
When magistrates starting discussing potential dates to hold a trial, Hollisey interjected and said his family "have several holidays booked this year and next."
Magistrates eventually decided that the case would be heard at Ipswich Magistrates Court on March 10 and 11 next year. The Holliseys were released on conditional bail and told they must have no contact with their neighbours.
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