{"id":101410,"date":"2023-11-29T05:03:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T05:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=101410"},"modified":"2023-11-29T05:03:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T05:03:46","slug":"lady-versus-locals-as-police-are-called-out-to-bust-up-over-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/lady-versus-locals-as-police-are-called-out-to-bust-up-over-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady versus locals as police are called out to bust-up over castle"},"content":{"rendered":"
Buying a castle was supposed to fulfil a dream to become \u2018a princess in her own fairytale\u2019.<\/p>\n
But Lady Carbisdale\u2019s lofty plans to preserve her 19-bedroom stately home in the Highlands descended into angry recriminations and a visit from police last week.<\/p>\n
Samantha Kane, as she is better known, faced the wrath of locals, who voted down her attempt to bring public land surrounding Carbisdale Castle into her ownership for a third time.<\/p>\n
The barrister and business tycoon bought the property for more than \u00a31million in 2022. But it is understood that \u2018heated\u2019 events at the Ardgay and District Community Council meeting on November 21 led to a disturbance outside the venue.<\/p>\n
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Stately home: Samantha Kane bought Carbisdale Castle last year<\/p>\n
Police Scotland said it received a report of a disturbance in Carron Place, Ardgay, on November 23. Officers issued advice and a woman received a recorded warning in relation to an earlier \u00addisturbance on November 21.<\/p>\n
Ms Kane, who is an elected member of the community council, attended the meeting to state her case but had to leave while a vote took place.<\/p>\n
Last night the 63-year-old described the police involvement as an \u2018over\u00adreaction\u2019, despite claiming that some of what was said was \u2018homophobic and racist\u2019.<\/p>\n
Ms Kane added: \u2018In my view it wasn\u2019t a disturbance other than a handful of people wanting to see what I\u2019m doing derailed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There was a group of people muttering something who were against me, those who support me, and someone muttering something else.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u2018Dreamer\u2019: Lady Carbisdale\u2019s plans have met opposition<\/p>\n
That\u2019s about it. Is that a \u00addisturbance? In my view it isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019ve got a half a dozen people trying to smear my name and the castle\u2019s name. They\u2019d rather see a ruined \u00adcastle than a preserved castle.\u2019<\/p>\n
Ms Kane, who is the only person in Britain believed to have changed \u00adgender three times, added: \u2018I have spent all my life fighting injustice and to face discrimination is not nice.<\/p>\n
\u2018If they had left it alone that would have been the normal reaction after any heated meeting.\u2019<\/p>\n
One local, who did not want to be named, said he heard the woman had been \u2018abusive\u2019 to one of the committee members.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He said: \u2018The language she used was exceptionally strong which even a sailor would have been proud of. I wouldn\u2019t use it as a man, never mind it coming from a woman.\u2019<\/p>\n
The meeting was to discuss Ms Kane\u2019s attempt to own seven acres of land on the steep slopes surrounding the castle.<\/p>\n
Councillor Michael Baird said in the end the vote will not count after the community council failed to follow the \u2018ward management code of conduct\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He said: \u2018They have to wait for six months to bring it back again. So the truth of the matter is that community council meeting is null and void.\u2019<\/p>\n
Mr Baird said he was supportive of what Ms Kane was planning, saying the land in question was \u2018highly \u00addangerous\u2019 and \u2018unusable\u2019 as a \u00adwalking route due to its steepness.<\/p>\n
After buying the hill-top mansion, Ms Kane said she \u2018always wanted to be lady of the castle, a princess in my own fairytale\u2019. Last night she described herself as a \u2018dreamer\u2019 who had a \u2018vision for the castle\u2019.<\/p>\n
Police Scotland said: \u2018On the evening of Thursday, November 23, police were called to a report of a disturbance in the Carron Place area of Ardgay. \u00ad<\/p>\n
Suitable advice was provided and one woman was issued with a Recorded Police Warning following an earlier disturbance on Tuesday, November 21.\u2019<\/p>\n
A spokesman for Forestry Land Scotland, which manages the land on behalf of the public, said it does not expect a decision to be made on the application until next year.<\/p>\n