COPY BY TOM BEDFORD<br /> Pictured: Home owner Stephen Williams<br /> Re: A homeowner whose bungalow is towered over by Japanese knotweed on a railway line has won a four-year legal fight for compensation by Network Rail.<br /> Robin Waistell claimed he was unable to sell because the rail body had ignored requests to tackle the invasive weed on the bank behind his home in Maesteg.<br /> The case was seen as a likely test for homeowners whose property is blighted by knotweed on railway embankments.<br /> Network Rail said it would be &quot;reviewing the judgement in detail&quot;.<br /> It is understood the rail infrastructure body was refused immediate leave to appeal against the ruling.<br /> Network Rail faces potential legal costs running into six figures after losing the case in Cardiff bought by Mr Waistell and a neighbour.<br /> Widower Mr Waistell, 70, had moved to the bungalow from Spain after his wife died.<br /> He had hoped to return to the sun, but found his property sale stymied by the knotweed growing on adjacent Network Rail land and was asking for &pound;60,000 compensation for loss of value.
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