A PARISH council will have to write off a debt of almost 17,000 after an allotment holder who took the authority to court declared bankruptcy.
Maureen Powles, from Hurworth, near Darlington, was told last year she would have to pay Hurworth Parish Councils costs after she took it to court and lost following a long-running row over putting a summerhouse on her allotment.
She has now declared herself bankrupt which means the council will have to write off the debt.
Ms Powles, 64, who no longer works because of her health, described the stress she has been under since the decision was made last year.
She said: Ive never been in debt before. Ive never even had a credit card. If I think about it I could burst into tears. Since 2017 its been …
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