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Sleigh ride of death

As fresh snow fell on Boxing Day 2017, 59-year-old Sheila Bonge pulled out her snowblower.

Trundling it over to clear the entrance to the driveway she shared with two neighbouring houses, Sheila was wrapped up warm from the bitter winter chill.

Yet this innocent chore was actually at the centre of a simmering toxic neighbourhood feud.

Caught in the middle

Sheila had moved to the area in Michigan, US, in 2005.

Her boyfriend was a long-distance lorry driver, so she mostly lived alone.

In 2009, Wendell Popejoy moved next

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