Neighbours demand travellers are jailed for turning quiet fields into sprawling caravan park

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Neighbours demand travellers are jailed for turning quiet fields into sprawling caravan park.

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A group of travellers who set up a caravan site near Sir Winston Churchill's former home have been found in contempt of court.The 10 individuals could face jail after continuing construction work - despite a court order prohibiting it.Locals are demanding jail sentences for the group, who installed drainage pipes and dug trenches in breach of an injunction.Their site at Seasons Farm in Pootings, Kent, sits just miles from Chartwell, where the war hero Prime Minister lived for over four decades.The group had initially sparked fury by converting the land into a caravan park within just 48 hours.Work began on a Friday afternoon during a Bank Holiday weekend last year, just as the council shut up shop.Sevenoaks District Council obtained an injunction, known as a Dove order, in August banning any further development at the site.However, the council alleged the travellers violated the order in the days and weeks that followed.The authority took the group back to court, where a High Court...

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