A boundary dispute between two neighbours was aired out in a courtroom.
First cousins Donald Calum Taylor and Angus Macritchie Macmillan argued over the boundary line between their land in Point, Lewis.
Donald Taylor hire contractors to erect a rylock wire fence around his feu at 4A Shuilishader at a cost of around £1000 in September last year.
But a stretch running alongside the adjacent croft was dismantled when he went to Stornoway for a funeral two months later.
Nobody was seen cutting and demolishing the fence. The wire and posts were removed and left on site.
Angus Macmillan was charged with vandalism but denied any responsibility.
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Giving evidence, Donald Taylor said his neighbour cousin believed the fence was "quite a couple of feet" out.
He said a representative from the landlord, the Stornoway Trust, came down on three occasions to give his opinion.
Tony Robson of the Stornoway Trust told the court he measured from various locations and concluded the fence was about one foot inside the boundary.
He said both house and fence were within the feu as described by the title document.
Lawyer Angus Macdonald submitted there was no case to answer as there was no evidence to indicate his client was involved.
Sheriff David Sutherland agreed and acquitted Macmillan.
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