Fuming locals hit with £10k bill after breaking bizarre fence rule from crypt means in latin Watch Video

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Residents living by a picturesque marina have been ordered to pay £10,000 for a new fence - to stop them helping boat users with their shopping.<br/><br/>People living in Albion Mill in Worcester have been banned from passing bags over the existing railings.<br/><br/>To avoid a 20-minute walk carrying heavy bags, boat owners leave their shopping at metal railings on the opposite side of the pontoon where their boats are moored.<br/><br/>They then walk around the apartments to access Diglis Marina and have their bags passed over the railings by kind-hearted Albion Mill residents.<br/><br/>Apartment managers now plan to erect a 2m (6.5ft) high 35m (114ft) long fence to block off the pontoon after two people complained about boat owners trespassing.<br/><br/>They say the current practice means boat owners access a private car park and say some people have been climbing over the metal railings.<br/><br/>But furious residents claim they are being punished for helping boat owners.