 Mr Ashton, retired landscape gardener and director of the management company for the block of flats in Highcliffe, Dorset, denied touching Mrs Davis. Neighbour Gordon Hungerford witnessed the exchange and told magistrates that Mr Ashton maintained a space of 6ft during the row, in accordance with Covid guidelines. Afterward, the couple went inside and called 999 to report the alleged assault. Mr Hungerford, a retired military and commercial pilot, also called 101 to make an allegation of a Covid breach by the Davis'. Magistrates in Poole found Mr Ashton not guilty of assault after hearing evidence from all parties. Afterward, Mr Ashton said: "I am relieved that justice has been done. I would never abuse a woman and I've been so worried ab){kind=link}
Brett Ashton challenged Martin and Jacqueline Davis after they had driven over 100 miles to get to their seaside flat with the 62-year-old said to have been ‘red-faced’ when he ‘came at’ them
A resident who confronted a couple for travelling to their second home during the Covid lockdown has been cleared of assaulting one of them.
Brett Ashton challenged Martin and Jacqueline Davis after they had driven over 100 miles to get to their seaside flat.
The 62-year-old was said to have been ‘red-faced’ when he ‘came at’ Mrs Davis in the car park, telling her ‘you shouldn’t be here’.
Mr Davis, who is a part-time paramedic and property developer, bought the flat with his wife on February 12, 2021.