‘It’s been hell’: Briton tells of harassment in French bridle path dispute

Roderick Sinclair claims he has faced intimidation and mayor has had death threats in row with farmer in Montjoi

A retired British stockbroker claims he has been subjected to a sustained campaign of harassment and intimidation in a row over a bridle path running through his property in an idyllic corner of south-west France.

“It has been hell. In the beginning we all thought it was the traditional sort of spat between neighbours that happens all the time in France,” Roderick Sinclair said of the dispute at his French second home, a stone farmhouse his family have spent thousands renovating in Montjoi, in the Tarn-et-Garonne.