Roger Froome, left, and Steve Loveridge watch as a crane starts to lift one of the stones into a lorry at Cobo this morning (Picture by Adrian Miller, 0572421)

CASTEL parish officials this morning removed the boulders from the car park at Cobo.  They decided to act following advice from John Langlois, the parish advocate for more than 30 years.

Senior constable Chris Workman said Thomas Holroyd, who paid £50,000 to buy the Fief De Carteret from his mother, Kathleen, a Sark resident, has not yet proved the land belongs to him. Mr Holroyd blocked the car park with boulders on 23 January. They were moved aside a few days later after intervention by Sandpiper, the owner of Checkers XPress, whose customers use it.

‘We have made this move due to the impending tourist season and on the grounds of public safety,’ said Mr Workman. ‘The car park is used by a large number of people and the stones provided unwelcome obstacles which have caused injuries.’