Gloves are off for Tyson Fury promoter's wife over bats in attic and £1.2m court battle

THE wife of world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury's promoter is locked in a £1.2 million court fight with builders after the couple's lavish million-pound extension was derailed - by bats in the attic.

- Mike Howie

Susan Warren is being sued by a building firm after allegedly refusing to settle a bill for an extension to the Grade-II listed mansion at their eight acre estate in Hertfordshire. The former Vogue model is married to Frank Warren, the co-promoter of two-time world heavyweight champion Fury.

A team of builders was enlisted in 2017 and 2018 to create a modern glass-walled extension to the east side of the couple's 16th-century main house, with a single storey above ground and a basement, as well as works to renovate and modify the existing house.

But Mrs Warren fell out with the boss of the company, Caudle Developments Ltd, after work stopped for six months over protected bats living in the attic.

Dan Caudle, director of Caudle Developments, told his team to down tools, claiming Mrs Warren had failed to keep up with payments following the bat delay and the couple enlisted another building company to finish the project, with each side blaming the other for the problems.