Farmer who used forklift to move car parked on land cleared of charges

The incident happened in June last year

A farmer who used his forklift truck to move a car that was parked on his land has been cleared by a jury. In June 2021, Robert Hooper found a Vauxhall Corsa was blocking access to his land at his farm in Newbiggin-in-Teesdale, County Durham. The 57-year-old politely asked the driver and passenger in the car to leave because they were blocking his way. The passenger, 21-year-old Charlie Burns, reportedly punched Hooper in response. https://twitter.com/anotherJon/status/1489670985179709441   Hooper then lifted the vehicle up, flipped it over, and moved it to the road outside. The former had told the driver of the car, Elliott Johnson: "If you don't move it I will." A number of local Teesdale farmers welcomed the court verdict and were there to support Hooper on Friday, the Guardian reported. William Wearmouth, told reporters: “He is absolutely first class. He is a hard-working man. He will help anyone with anything. It’s great to see that the jury has realised this.”

John Dickinson said: “It’s a really good result for the local area. Robert is a very decent, upstanding man who shouldn’t have to have gone through all this.”

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