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By Georgia Diebelius A pensioner has revealed how she was violently attacked when a row with neighbours over a fence turned ugly. Wendy Douglas was left with a fractured eye socket, broken collar bone and broken ribs when she was attacked by Brian Saunders at her home in a dispute over a fence and an ivy bush. Jurors at Newcastle Crown Court heard how Wendy lived next door to Saunders’ parents on Newcastle’s Kingston Park estate when a row broke out. Events came to a head on June 12, 2021, when Wendy started trimming a bush she claims was in her garden. She told the court her neighbour came ou…

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