Couple successfully sue council over school’s footballs landing in garden of £2m home

Mohamed and Marie-Anne Bakhaty say they could not use their swimming pool and had to cancel garden party

Many a child has experienced the anxiety of knocking on a frustrated neighbour's door to ask for their ball back.

But one couple in Hampshire have become so exasperated by the seemingly endless stream of footballs landing in the garden of their 2m home from a nearby school they have successfully sued the county council.