A parish council chairman feared his life was "in peril" when he was attacked by an "out of control" businessman during a dispute about birds' nests in a quiet village, a court has heard.Magistrates were shown mobile phone footage of an incident in the North Yorkshire village of Church Fenton in which local resident Andrew Mason, 63, can be seen in front of a tree-cutting cherry-picker as Chris Makin, 65, tries to drag him by his clothes and hair.Prosecutors at Harrogate Magistrates Court on Thu

A parish council chairman feared his life was "in peril" when he was attacked by an "out of control" businessman during a dispute about birds' nests in a quiet village, a court has heard.Magistrates were shown mobile phone footage of an incident in the North Yorkshire village of Church Fenton in which local resident Andrew Mason, 63, can be seen in front of a tree-cutting cherry-picker as Chris Makin, 65, tries to drag him by his clothes and hair.Prosecutors at Harrogate Magistrates Court on Thursday described how, before the footage begins, Makin had poked Mr Mason in the face, knocking off his glasses, and then "thrown him to the floor in a kind of headlock".