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The move to the Forest of Dean cost £15,000 in solicitors' fees and stamp duty "but overall was going to be a heck of a lot cheaper than trying to pay childcare in Wales".

Such incidents have rattled homeowners, many of whom participate in the neighborhood-watch-style WhatsApp group that Stern messaged, where they trade information about porch pirates, solicitors and people they deem suspicious.

One said he was told not to speak Welsh with his solicitor during a supposedly private and confidential meeting.

His solicitor, Martin Rackstraw, said the new bid "relies on new evidence and developments".

"He went from prison to prison, from police officer to solicitor trying to find out. No result. Nothing at all," explained his daughter, Waad Al Rawashda.