Couple locked in bitter boundary row with their neighbours return home to find a GIANT green trailer parked outside their window after neighbour 'drove farm vehicle at them'

A couple locked in a bitter dispute with neighbours over the ownership of a small wall came home to find a huge green lorry trailer parked right outside their home.

Sophia Hughes, 26, and her 27-year-old husband Gwyn said the giant HGV container blocks out sunlight and obscures the view when they look out of their window.

The green unit was positioned at the edge of the land owned by neighbour Mark Jones but is just inches away from the married couple's home in Gaerwen, Anglesey.

Mrs Hughes said relations with Mr Jones and his wife were fine but turned sour when they asked if they could rebuild a small wall on the edge of their land.

She said things became tense when the Joneses wanted sole ownership of the newly-built wall.

Mrs Hughes, a mother-of-two, claimed Mr Jones drove a machine 'towards her' and 'shouted verbal abuse' at her family. 

She told MailOnline today that she paid almost £2,000 to replace the wall after it started collapsing one year ago. 

Mrs Hughes said: 'We knocked it down and rebuilt it after a verbal agreement. They then decided they wanted full ownership of it.'

She said the situation became 'ridiculous' and came home to her three-bedroom detached house to find the trailer outside her home on July 7. 

She added: 'The minute you drive to the house the first thing you see is the massive trailer. You can see it from the bedroom and kitchen windows and front and back gardens.

'The police said it was a civil matter and no-one could help. They did go and see him and tried to mediate. He turned around and said he would consider moving it if I paid their solicitors' fees and sent a letter of apology.' 

She added: 'The boundary wall was in no-one's name and as it was collapsing we discussed with the other party beforehand that we would remove and replace the wall for the safety of our children. 

'If anyone is thinking of replacing a collapsing neighbouring wall please put it all on paper beforehand in case you find yourself in the situation we were in, bullied to sign and still being intimidated.' 

Mrs Hughes uploaded the photograph of the machine outside her home and wrote online: 'I was standing on the wall we were rebuilding when Mark Jones drove towards me and lifted me up with his machine (as you can see in this image).

'My family would often come home to find the couple in the field next door and they would shout verbal abuse at me and my husband with my young children in hand.' 

A statement from Mr Jones, who runs cooking oil firm G D Jones & Son Ltd in the town, said the trailer was an 'agricultural storage container'.

He claimed the couple's view of it would have been reduced had they not taken down trees that belonged to his family. 

Mrs Hughes categorically denied the felled trees belonged to the Joneses.

Mrs Hughes said she paid workmen to rebuild the wall, but that Mr Jones then drove a cherry picker with forks on the front right at it. Mr Jones did not comment on this claim.

Mrs Hughes, who has a six-year-old son and a daughter aged three, said: 'I paid almost £2,000 for the materials and labour and was not ready to throw that away, so I stood on the wall. 

'Mark drove right towards me, putting the fork under me and lifting me and the wall. I started to panic.'

She said the situation came to a head earlier this month when she came home to find Mr Jones and one of his employees 'dumping the back of an HGV in his field as close as possible to the boundary'. 

She added: 'My children couldn't sleep that night.'

Mrs Hughes said her father, a vicar, received late night calls and letters from the couple demanding they be given 'custody' of the boundary wall.

She added: 'They kept highlighting that they had more authority and money than us and we would never win.'

After consulting with their solicitor, they decided to sign over the wall. Mrs Hughes said she had been told the Joneses would consider removing the lorry trailer if she would reimburse them the cost of their legal fees and offer an apology.

She said: 'I can't afford to pay for their fees and I am not going to apologise. I felt scared and intimidated.'

The trailer is understood to have been bought from a scrapyard, and the firm which used to operate it has no connection to Mr Jones or the dispute.

Mr Jones wrote in an email: 'The trailer will serve the purpose of an agriculture storage container for the surrounding farmland, owned by Mr and Mrs Jones.

'The container/trailer is located on Mr and Mrs Jones' private land and does not contravene any criminal or planning laws.

'Had the complainant not taken down the original wall and trees that belong to Mr and Mrs Jones without permission (by their admission), then their view of the storage container would be dramatically reduced.

'While I note your comments regarding Mr and Mrs Hughes' version of events, we have a large file of exchange legal letters that demonstrates otherwise. 

'We would like to add that the dispute originated by Mrs Jones simply 'doing Mrs Hughes and her family a favour'.'