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Police are probing a possible firearms attack on the property of a London journalist who moved to rural Somerset and dubbed her neighbours "toothless". | |
Mail columnist Liz Jones dialled 999 at 1518 BST on Thursday following damage to a mailbox at the end of her drive. | |
Avon and Somerset police are looking into whether a shot was fired at the box in Brushford, near Dulverton. | Avon and Somerset police are looking into whether a shot was fired at the box in Brushford, near Dulverton. |
BBC correspondent Nicola Pearson said Miss Jones had angered some locals by the way she has portrayed their area. | BBC correspondent Nicola Pearson said Miss Jones had angered some locals by the way she has portrayed their area. |
Teeth 'a bonus' | |
In one article for The Mail on Sunday, Miss Jones, 50, called her Exmoor home a "wilderness" and elderly residents "toothless". | |
And in another, single divorcee Miss Jones complained: ''I will never, ever meet a man here in the middle of a moor, where even to be in possession of your own teeth is a bonus.'' | |
Residents in the small community claim the remarks made them appear ''cold, dirty, smelly and vicious''. | |
And her book The Exmoor Files, detailing her move from Islington in north London to west Somerset and published last month, did nothing to improve her popularity. | |
An Avon and Somerset Police spokesman said: ''The caller was reporting damage to a metal mailbox which was discovered earlier in the day. | |
"Police are currently investigating the incident.'' |
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