A business couple are suing a pensioner who sold them a luxury seaside house over claims she let Japanese knotweed invade their garden from her land next door.
Rosemary Line, 74, has been taken to court today by Adam and Eleanor Smith in a dispute over the invasive weed with each side blaming the other for spreading it.
The Smiths, both 43, bought their three-bedroom detached home in Maenporth, near Falmouth in Cornwall, from Mrs Line for £200,000 in 2002.
The couple launched legal action after claiming the knotweed had reduced the value of their home, now estimated at £500,000, by up to 10 per cent.
Speaking before the two-day hearing at Truro County Court, Mrs Line, who is representing herself, insisted she had done everything possible to stop the spread.
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