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Vicar held in row over hedge height

6 January 2009 04:24am

A vicar was arrested after a row with his neighbour over the height of a hedge.

Tempers flared between the Rev Stuart Bennett and Brian Stokoe after complaints about the 20ft-high hedges surrounding the vicarage in Castleside, Consett, County Durham.

The pair were questioned by police after an alleged assault resulting from an argument over the height of the hedge.