Man struck in horse manure row

A Co Clare pensioner has been convicted of assault in a row with his neighbour over the pensioner piling horse manure on a wall that divides the two men’s properties.

At Ennis District Court, Brett Payton, 46, told the court how he was assaulted by 68-year-old neighbour, Joe Williams of Ballytarsna, Kilshanny when the pensioner struck him on the head with a piece of scrap.

Mr Payton said that he was struck on the head by Mr Williams after he tried to cut down plastic sheeting on the wall that contained the horse manure and the other rubbish that was spilling into his rented property.