Glampsite owner, 59, arrested after taking apart bird-scaring guns 'deliberately aimed at campers'

The owner of an upmarket glamping site has been arrested after he dismantled bird-scaring guns he claims were deliberately aimed at his guests. Instead, I was treated like a common criminal.’ Glamping site owner, Nigel Marsh, was arrested after removing a bird scarer from a neighbouring field that he claims was one if three pointing towards his campsite in North Norfolk The 59-year-old claimed the scarer was being set off every 20 minutes between 7am and 7pm The scarers were allegedly pointed ‘down into the bowl of the quarry’ where his guests sleep, rather than towards land where crops would be sown He added: ‘If it goes to court, I will plead not guilty.’ The businessman, who runs My Mini Break – which offers short stays at cottages and camping and glamping sites across Norfolk – opened the site at Dam Hill Plantation in Edgefield, near Holt, last year. I feel I have been under attack.’ He also claimed dead deer, rabbits and hares were dumped beside the site and the water supply switched off on several occasions – after someone turned the valve located on a grass verge. He said he contacted Norfolk Police about the bird scarers in June but was told there was ‘no crime’ He also claimed dead deer, rabbits and hares were dumped beside the site and the water supply switched off on several occasions He said he contacted Norfolk Police about the bird scarers in June but was told there was ‘no crime’. A spokesman for Norfolk Police said: ‘We can neither confirm not deny the name of anyone arrested – we only name upon charge.’ In 2015, Mr Marsh won £25,000 compensation from Cambridgeshire Police when the force settled on the eve of a county court hearing into allegations of false imprisonment, assault and malicious prosecution.