Landowner accused of blocking Wigan highway with an illegal gate
A Wigan resident has been accused of wilfully obstructing the public highway by putting a retractable electric gate across a road.
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Stuart Baldwin, 57, of Bryn Gates Lane, Bamfurlong, has been charged with an offence under the 1980 Highways Act by blocking the road near his home where a public footpath crosses Park Brook via Park Brook Bridge.
He did not enter any pleas on his first appearance in the dock at Wigan and Leigh Magistrates’ Court.
The case was adjourned until June 17.