Electrician who spent £10,000 on security fence after being burgled TEN times has to take barrier down - as it might scare motorists

An electrician who spent £10,000 on a security fence after he was burgled ten times has been ordered him to take it down - because it might scare motorists.

Graham Jaggar, 51, shelled out on the barrier after thieves relentlessly targeted his home over a two-month period.

But he now claims council chiefs have told him to remove the fence in Dewsbury, West Yorks - because it posed a hazard to drivers.

The grandfather says he was also previously threatened with arrest after erecting a warning sign to the thieves.

He said: 'Over the last few years I've had around £30,000 worth of stuff stolen by these idiots.

'It's mostly been expensive tools from this house, which means I can't work, and building materials.

'They have also stolen model aircrafts worth a few thousand pounds and even my children's toys from the garden.

'From my old house, which I left because I thought I would be more secure in another property, I had a boat stolen, two cars, a motorbike and my daughter’s scooter.

'They have even stolen four or five wheelie bins - and one of them was full or rubbish. The boat had around £4,000 of work done on it.

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'I reckon I have been bugled around 20 times over the past six years.'

Self-employed Graham built the six foot fence last year after his electrics business was threatened for months by the burglars.

But now, he said a neighbour's complaint that it causes a blind spot has put his house at risk of being targeted again.

Graham said: 'The man from the council who gave me verbal planning permission has left - so I'm probably going to have to spend thousands on getting the problem sorted.

'The fence means there is a very small blind spot, but there are hazards everywhere in the roads so all it takes is caution and common sense.

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'It causes a brief blind spot, for the blink of an eye, when you come out of the junction.

'I've not had any burglaries since putting it up 12 months ago but now I might have to spend even more adjusting it.

'I could be left with a bill of thousands of pounds after changing the fence to what the council want.

'I can't take it down - I've been burgled so many times the insurance won't even pay out anymore. Why can't anyone use some common sense?'

He added that the fence has been up for a almost a year when the the council contacted him a couple of months ago to tell him about the complaint and wanted the fence amended by January 7.

Graham, who says his grandchildren are 'terrified' to visit the house for fear of burglars, added: 'They've given me two weeks to get it sorted, which is impossible at this time of year.

'I could plant ten foot conifers around this house and get away with it, there's no common sense whatsoever.

'I put this up about a year ago and had no trouble, so I don't know why neighbours are complaining now.'

Graham, who lives with partner Stephanie, 56, made the headlines in 2013 when a sign outside his property warning against thieves.

The self-employed electrician estimates has now spent around £12,000 in total on security - including the fencing, CCTV, an electric gate, walls and bushes to protect his home.

He said: 'I've been left to to cough up the costs - I need to protect my house.

'The fence also acts as a safety guard because so many children climb on the three foot wall it sits on and fall off, then I'm the one that gets the blame.

Kirklees Council have yet to respond with a comment.