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Court is told of poison postersDawn Turnbull02/08/2001 A woman who arrived home to find a "poison poster", spotted a familiar figure leaping into a neighbouring driveway minutes earlier, a court heard yesterday. School photographer Deborah Carter was giving evidence at the trial of pensioner James Forster, who is accused of waging a 12-year hate campaign against neighbours in the quiet village of Manfield, North Yorkshire. She told Teesside Crown Court she was taking children home from Brownies at 8.10pm on October 12, 1999, and was driving slowly along Bowling Green Lane in the village. She said she saw a man walking towards her. He appeared to be startled when he saw the car and jumped rapidly into the drive of a house. Mrs Carter said she recognised the man as someone who lived in Cottagers Lane, but could not remember his name. A few minutes later, she walked down her driveway to close the gates when she spotted a white object, folded into a triangle. She told the court it was a poster which included a picture of former Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar, made to represent villager Eric Collin. She said that the picture made the man look "like a gangster". It also had an insulting message about Mr Collin. Mrs Carter said: "I thought to myself I might have seen the man who has been putting around this offensive material." She said that later that night she handed the poster to another resident, Malcolm Hird. Mr Hird, of Cottagers Lane, told the court that on a night in October, 1999, he was on his way to Mrs Carter's home when he saw Mr Forster, who lived in Cottagers Lane, walking in Bowling Green Lane. When he arrived at Mrs Carter's home, he was handed the poster relating to Mr Collin and took it to him. He said that he and Mr Collin then walked around the village and found another copy of the poster, again in Bowling Green Lane. The trial continues. • Back
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