She spent three years and £50,000 fighting her local council for the right to walk through her own back gate.
But after winning a legal battle against Derbyshire County Council over access to her home, Helene Ball now has a fresh fight on her hands after giant concrete ‘Lego’ blocks were dumped outside her property.
The retired teacher, 81, accused the council of pettiness after it put the 2ft blocks along a narrow wall near her home after her legal victory.
She first took action against the council after discovering one morning in April 2023 that a metal fence had been cemented over
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