Tea shop owner banned from looking into rival’s café

A CAFÉ owner has been banned from looking into a rival tea shop after an unseemly row broke out in a picturesque Norfolk Broads village.

Kerry Radly, who set up Radley’s café and shop in Salhouse, Norfolk, has been warned she faces a £20,000 fine if she so much as peers into the nearby Prima Rosa premises.

She is also banned from entering the café or taking photographs of any of its customers without permission.

The rules were set out in a Community Protection Notice (CPN) which was issued after the mother of three clashed with Martin Nudd, a rival business owner, and his wife.

Problems began shortly after Mrs Radly, who is also a yoga teacher, opened her business in Salhouse in August 2014.

She claimed that she began receiving unfavourable online reviews which she suspected had been placed by supporters of her rivals, who opened their tea room nearby in May 2015.

Despite claiming to be the victim, it was Mrs Radly who was accused of being the aggressor and she was eventually issued with a warning notice from the local council. She was accused of taking photographs of friends of the rival café owners, removing advertising fliers from around the village and being aggressive and intimidating towards Prima Rosa’s customers.

She was eventually issued with a CPN stating that she must not stare directly into the café from any vehicle, moving or stationary. Mrs Radly was also banned from entering the café for any purpose or she could face a fine.

Councillors said they had received complaints about her behaviour “causing anxiety” to Mr Rudd and his wife.

Mrs Radly was forced to close her business in September. She said: “I burst into tears when they served the order – it was really embarrassing and I had to shut the shop.

“The conditions of the CPN are just ridiculous – the ban means I cannot drive down the road in case I look at Prima Rosa. It’s crazy because I need to look left, which is where Prima Rosa is, to pull up safely outside my property.”

Mr Nudd, from the Prima Rosa café, said he “had found it best not to comment in order to prevent inflaming any situation”. Mrs Radly has appealed against the order and a court hearing is scheduled for Feb 1.