Neighbour’s finger snipped in dispute over hedge

A 58-year-old woman was in a Sydney hospital having a finger reattached today after her neighbour snipped it off with garden sheers in a dispute over a hedge separating their homes in the suburb of Killara.

The 71-year-old man was charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm and will appear in a North Shore court later in the month, New South Wales police said.

- Sapa-dpa