‘Not ashamed’: Garage-sawing man loses home in divorce

A US man who made global headlines after sawing his neighbour’s garage in half during a toxic boundary war has now lost the family home to his ex-wife. Gabriel Brawn, 49, became an unlikely internet sensation in 2020 when he took a saw to the garage beside his childhood home in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, slicing it cleanly in two as a feud over the property line exploded. Now, in a fresh twist to the saga, Brawn has moved out following his divorce from wife Tracy in 2023, with reports indicating she still lives in the house next door to the mangled garage, which remains unrepaired more than six years on. MORE NEWS The ghost town that was meant to be Australia’s capital Feral cat ‘squatters’ halt major house renovation Woman loses court bid to stop parents selling ‘her’ home The bizarre dispute began after Brawn returned to the Maine property where he grew up in 2012 with Tracy, believing the block included a 0.23-acre parcel that covered part of the neighbouring land. He said he initially got along with neighbour Steve Ritter, even though both sides knew the exact boundary was unclear. The garage was sawed clean in half. Credit: Facebook But after Steve died and the property passed to ...