A teacher who was evicted from her cottage by bailiffs after a row over roof stones has vowed to reclaim her home.
Rekha Patel, 43, a maths teacher at Glossopdale Community College, was kicked out on June 10 after a row with her neighbour over building work ended up in court.
Rekha and a band of supporters begged enforcement officers to stop - but they hacked through the door of her Grade II listed cottage in Simmondley village, Glossop .
The eviction order, which Rekha contends is not valid, was over a debt of £72,000 in legal fees and court costs which she refused to pay.
But even now, and with the odds stacked against her, Rekha insists she will battle on.
She said: “I have no doubt at all that I will get my home back - the administrative system is to blame and the administrative system will have to correct itself. I’m taking further legal action.
“It was simply wrong. It’s like something out of a film that you’d never expect to happen. I hear it’s quite common, people being made homeless for no reason. This could happen to anybody.”
