You know you’re dealing with British drama when a millionaire decides to settle the score with bales upon bales of rolled hay.
The Mirror reports Stephen Bett,of Norfolk, England, doesn’t like people looking onto his 2,000 acres of property — so he constructed wall of hay bales to stop wandering eyes.
One issue: He only did that in front of one of his neighbor’s homes, so it became obvious there was more to the story than meets the eye. The neighbor, identified as John Turner, was pretty upset when he woke up to see a giant wall of hay blocking his view — so he stormed over to Bett’s property to demand an explanation.
After a furious exchange with the housekeeper, he pushed over the bales after he stormed across Bett’s property and back to his home. But the wall was put back together the following day, with additional structural aids to make it less likely to fall.
Bett, who is the former police and crime commissioner of Norfolk, believes Turner tore down his 95 leylandii trees that had once lined his property. His neighbor vehemently denies the allegation. Bett also says he put the hay bales just in front of Turner’s property because he was sick of looking at them “barbecuing and putting their washing out.”
“It it is not a good view for me. Why should I have to look at what they are doing,” he added. He plans on building a bigger, badder and more secure wall across his entire property line at a later date.