I have lost £200,000 and all my life savings in fight with neighbour over 16-inches of land between our homes – I have no regrets

A retired builder facing a £200,000 legal bill over a long running boundary dispute with his neighbour has vowed not to pay up and insisted: ‘I have no regrets.’

Samuel Horton has been hit with the huge bill after losing a bitter legal dispute with his next-door neighbour Jonathan Orchard over a 16-inch strip of land that separates their homes in Essex.