Real-life War of the Roses divides one of Britain's richest gated communities where interior designer living in £1.7m house is caught in bitter feud with his florist neighbour that saw them face each other in court

An interior decorator has been cleared of racism charges against his neighbour aft a bitter feud in one of Britain's richest gated communities.

Peter Barkatullah, 59, claimed mother-of-four Mihaela Cavallaro broke St. Ann's Park, Virginia Water assemblage rules by moving her floral concern from her store and besides objected to her children playing successful beforehand of her £1.7m house.

The tribunal heard however Mrs Cavallaro called the constabulary pursuing a confrontation betwixt the 2 waring neighbours extracurricular her location connected May 24, 2022.

During the altercation that followed she claimed helium had tried to deed her and utilized racially abusive connection towards her. 

However, Barkatullah was cleared by Staines-upon-Thames Magistrates' Court and found not blameworthy of some racially-aggravated battle and racially-aggravated harassment.

Speaking successful tribunal Mrs Cavallaro said: 'We ended up moving retired of there. He went to our property agents to person america kicked out, saying we were trash.

'I was a renter and that bothered him profoundly due to the fact that helium is an owner. I didn't beryllium successful this state and my benignant of radical didn't beryllium successful this country, but I'm not an illegal. I came present with papers.'

Her 3 youngest children, aged eight, six and 2 were playing successful a coned-off country successful beforehand of her location erstwhile Barkatullah stopped his car.

'He said that it was not a playground and children should not beryllium determination and that I should determination the cones, but determination is thing successful the rules that says nary cones are allowed.'

The enactment continued connected the driveway of Barkatullah's £1.7m house. 'He said: 'Get the f*** retired of my property,' and tried to deed maine and came astatine maine with a fist.

'He told maine to spell backmost to my country. I don't request this hate, it had been going connected for 2 years.

'He said: 'You don't beryllium here,' and I can't judge anyone would accidental that, this is simply a bully neighbourhood.'

She denied going to the constabulary successful retaliation to Barkatullah's galore complaints against her.

'It is simply a choky assemblage and I conscionable wanted to beryllium near unsocial to unrecorded successful that property.'

She told the tribunal Barkatullah's behaviour was not exemplary, contempt his complaints against her. 'He drives his car excessively accelerated and excessively large and has a batch of clients astatine his house.

'I was not moving a concern from my house, it was a hobby and I was volunteering and doing a batch for foundation and I bash not fuss the neighbours.'

However, the archetypal 999 exigency telephone was played successful tribunal and Mrs Cavallaro failed to study she was nether menace of carnal onslaught from Barkatullah oregon told by him to instrumentality to her location country.

The 6.00pm enactment was witnessed by the Chairman of the estate's absorption institution Derek Holden, who told the trial: 'I heard a commotion and saw the suspect successful his car. He had stopped other the location of Mela.

'I heard shouting and aggravated voices. He was intelligibly angry, but I person bully soundproofing truthful I person nary grounds of precisely what was said.

'He was shouting astatine Mela and a radical of tiny children and they were shouting backmost and respective of the children were crying.

'His woman came retired and ushered him away. He was successful nary mode physically aggressive.'

Mr Holden's woman Dorian told the trial: 'Mela has charming, beauteous children and maine and my woman person large respect for her.

'We heard shouting and precise large noises and our neighbour was retired determination with her children playing and different neighbour was shouting astatine her and she was shouting astatine him.

'I could perceive noise, but not the nonstop words they were saying and helium came backmost to person much confrontational words with Mela.

'It was again precise aggravated and helium had his hands up arsenic if helium mightiness bash something, but his woman came retired and restrained him.

'Both maine and my hubby were acrophobic helium whitethorn laic hands connected her oregon onslaught her due to the fact that helium was truthful furious.

'She was visibly very, precise upset and her children were crying.

'He did not similar the children being extracurricular with their toys. He disagreed with that.'

Barkatullah, supported by woman Joanne, 53, was recovered not blameworthy of some racially-aggravated battle and racially-aggravated harassment and awarded his defence costs from cardinal funds.