Shopkeeper claims fund used 'extraordinarily aggressive tactics' to force refinancing or sale of shop

A shopkeeper claims a fund which took over her mortgage is using "extraordinarily aggressive tactics" to force her to refinance or else sell the shop through a receiver, writes Ann O'Loughlin.

Linda Fitzpatrick (aged 48) has operated "La Belle", a small local store on the Quinsboro Road, Bray, Co Wicklow, for 10 years and worked in it for most of her adult life, the High Court heard.