£20,000 court bill after neighbour's washing dispute

Musician accused father and son of harassment campaign

-  PAUL KEOGH

A FATHER and son were handed a £20,000 court bill after leaving their washing on the patio of a neighbour's £2million flat.

Musician Jodie Schloss accused Robin Larkins and his dad Derek Larkins of a campaign of harassment and trespassing.

The row centres around access to a passageway leading to the back garden of the multi-million pound house where Ms Schloss and Robin Larkins both have flats.

The passage is part of Ms Schloss' home, but for many years she had allowed other residents in the five-storey Victorian building in Swiss Cottage, North West London, to use it to get to the garden.

But after changing her mind and barring access, Ms Schloss said she found herself locked in a bitter dispute with her neighbour, Robin Larkins, and his elderly father, who has long worked as a gardener and general maintenance man at the house.