claiming dean paton had kicked him and called him a ` p ** i ' following the 18-month boundary dispute in the wirral .
but the move backfired when police discovered that the altercation had been caught on cctv and cleared mr paton of any wrongdoing .
liverpool crown court heard he had been embroiled in an ongoing spat with neighbours steve and tricia boden after being given a six-month suspended sentence for common assault and perjury .