article_snippet.sent: Retired Mr Phillips, the treasurer of the local Neighbourhood Watch scheme, accused the Coplestons of putting a gate up on communal land and took the matter to council planners.
article_snippet.sent: The gate in question: Mr Phillips accused the Coplestons of putting the gate up on The gate in question: Mr Phillips land .
article_snippet.sent: the Coplestons claim the gate has been at the end of the shared path since the Coplestons bought the property in 1987.
article_snippet.sent: After taking advice from police the Coplestons moved the gate to halfway down the path where the gate provides access onto the Coplestons property - but is also directly next to Mr Phillips garden gate.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Phillips, a former Poole council employee, argued Mr Phillips garden gate should not be there at all as it is in the shared easement.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Phillips, a former Poole council employee said Mr Phillips garden gate had been a hazard as it was rusty and did not allow enough room for Mr Phillips, a former Poole council employee wife's invalid buggy.
article_snippet.sent: Pathway: their gate - Mr Phillips' argued Mr Phillips garden gate (pictured) should not be there at all as it is in the shared easement .
highlights_snippet.sent: Paul Phillips said John and Karen Copleston moved gate on to Paul Phillips land .
  