Garden football row dad ordered to pay £20,000 damages to neighbours

AN angry dad who stormed into his neighbours' garden after his son's football was confiscated is facing a bill of almost £20,000 after they sued.

- Paul Keogh

Chaim Adler was furious that his eight-year-old son had been left in tears when the neighbours did not give back a ball the boy had kicked over the fence.

A court heard that he stormed in, "snarling" and mocking Warren Bergson, before returning the next day and trying to push his way into Mr Bergson's flat while "aggressively" demanding the ball.

Lawyer Mr Bergson and his psychologist wife Dr Edel McAndrewBergson then sued, claiming trespass and harassment. They were awarded £19,800 in damages.