Don't look now!!

[Gob]

An ongoing dispute involving the owners of Radley’s coffee shop and Prima Rosa in the Broads village of Salhouse has ended with legal action.



Now, Kerry Radley, who closed her business in September, is banned from looking at her rival’s neighbouring café under certain conditions.

She has been made subject to a Community Protection Notice (CPN) following complaints made about her to Broadland District Council for causing “anxiety” to the owners of rival café Prima Rosa.

But the 45-year-old, who is appealing the order, claims she is the real victim and denies any wrongdoing.

Under the conditions of the CPN, labelled as “bonkers” by Miss Radley, she is banned from:

• Staring directly into Prima Rosa from any vehicle, moving or stationary.

• Entering Prima Rosa for any purpose.

• Taking photographs of customers or friends of Prima Rosa without permission.

Radley's cafe and shop in Salhouse, which is now closed.
Picture: ANTONY KELLY
Radley's cafe and shop in Salhouse, which is now closed. Picture: ANTONY KELLY
The district council gave her the order because they said they were “satisfied” Miss Radley was responsible for “persistent” “unreasonable conduct”.

They said that included taking photos of friends of the Prima Rosa café owner, posting negative comments on social media about Prima Rosa and its owner, removing Prima Rosa advertising from around the village of 1,500 people and being “aggressive and “intimidating” towards the café’s suppliers, customers and friends.

The council also accused her of parking near Prima Rosa on Lower Street and staring into it to “intimidate” the owners - something she is now banned from doing.

But Ms Radley a mother-of-three said she had been subject to online “trolling” and had her shop sign smeared with poo.

She has also said she had fake reviews about her business posted online, including one from a dead paratrooper who claimed to have purchased out-of-date crisps.

The dispute, mostly between supporters of either café, came to a head when Miss Radley received a warning letter from Broadland District Council in June.

Some of the conditions she was told to abide by included not entering Prima Rosa and not parking outside the café and staring in. Miss Radley denies ever doing so.

But weeks later she was accused of breaching the conditions and was served a CPN by a council officer.

“I burst into tears when they served it,” she said. “It was really embarrassing and I had to shut the shop.”

She added: “The conditions of the CPN are just ridiculous.”

The businesswoman said the ban on her staring at the café from a vehicle meant she could not drive by and look at it.

She said that was “crazy” because she needed to look left at the café to pull up outside her business.

Miss Radley has since appealed the order and is due to be heard in court on February 1 next year.

She said her problems started shortly after she opened up Radley’s, on Lower Street, in August 2014.

The yoga teacher, who has lived in Salhouse for around 20 years, said she had wanted to restore some of the amenities the village had been lacking.

She said she invested £75,000 in the business, which also served as a shop and Post Office.

But months later in May 2015, Salhouse parish councillor Martin Nudd and his wife opened up their own tearoom just metres away, Prima Rosa.

Miss Radley said it resulted in her losing a lot of summer trade as Prima Rosa was the first stop for people visiting from the broad.

She said despite working 70-hours-a-week the business stopped becoming viable.

“It was meant to be something for the community,” Miss Radley said. “Ironically I’ve now ended up with a community protection order.”

She said her problems started just weeks after opening, with one person claiming the business was unhygienic.

Accusations and abusive comments were then posted on various Salhouse community pages.

Meanwhile, her signs started to go missing and she said one was even smeared with dog faeces.

“I was ridiculed online and some were calling my children half-breeds,” Miss Radley said.

She briefly shut her business at the start of this year before reopening in May.

It permanently closed in September.

Mr Nudd, from Prima Rosa café, said he had found it best “not to comment” in order to prevent “inflaming any situation”.

But he previously said he had “no idea” of Miss Radley’s plans when he and his wife put their bid in for the site in April 2014.

He added that the business were two “completely different shops”.

[Lord Jim]

• Staring directly into Prima Rosa from any vehicle, moving or stationary.

Well, maybe she's a mutant human who can start a fire or cause an explosion just by staring...



From looking at that glare, I can see how that might be possible...

[RayThom]

Just look at her. You can plainly see she's a serial starer and a threat to the community.

I bet she can look at a total eclipse without special glasses.

[Burning Petard]

IMNSHO, this is a reflection of the default legal position in general operation throughout the former British Empire.

In the USofA society, memorialized in the 9th and 10th Amendment, the government has limited powers, only as specified. Anything not prohibited, is permitted.

The Brit position is 'Anything not specifically permitted, is prohibited.'

snailgate

[rubato]

IMNSHO, this is a reflection of the default legal position in general operation throughout the former British Empire.

In the USofA society, memorialized in the 9th and 10th Amendment, the government has limited powers, only as specified. Anything not prohibited, is permitted.

The Brit position is 'Anything not specifically permitted, is prohibited.'

snailgate

Or the old Danish joke about Sweden: "Anything not prohibited is required."


yrs,
rubato (Half Danish, one quarter Swedish, and a little confused about the whole thing.)