A COUNCILLOR has subjected his neighbour to five years of harassment, it has been alleged.

Falmouth firefighter Martyn Addinall claims that Alan Jewell has been tampering with his water supply since he had his garage converted to a holiday let in 2013.

Mr Addinall said: “He’s been harassing me for the last five years. Enough is enough, I have tried every channel.

“He’s being really manipulative, he shouldn’t be representing people in Falmouth.”

Mr Addinall also alleges that Mr Jewell has harassed his family on numerous occasions by taking photos of his wife in the garden, purposely disturbing guests and the family with excessive noise, dumping garden waste outside their house and sounding his horn when driving past.

Mr Jewell, who is a member of both Cornwall Council and Falmouth Town Council, owns the private spring water supply which feeds into Mr Addinall’s house.

He denies harassing the family, claiming that Mr Addinall in fact harassed him and intimidated his wife.

He said: "I've had an ongoing saga with this chap for years. I've never known a neighbour like it."

He also owns a holiday let business across the road, although he does not see Mr Addinall's garage conversion as a threat, saying: "He's got one holiday let, we've got 80. Would you say we've got competition?"

Mr Addinall and his wife Sharon were served with a notice from Cornwall Council in March saying that Mr Jewell is legally allowed to shut off the supply as he owns the land that it sits on.

They were told that they had until September 12 to install an alternative water source, which Mr Addinall says could cost up to £100,000.

Mr Jewell says that he plans to stop supplying the family with water as they have an unpaid bill of £300.

Mr Addinall also claims that Mr Jewell has tampered with the supply around 20 times in the last few years, cutting off the supply completely and reducing pressure since planning permission for his holiday cottage was approved in 2013.

Mr Jewell denies these claims and says that he has never cut off the water, although he says that he did reduce the pressure legally when there was a water shortage.