Overview

• Salisbury Magistrates’ Court imposed a five-year restraining order preventing Genevieve “Hayla” Oriel, 57, from going to her mother Hilda Maunsell’s address.
• Prosecutor Ryan Seneviratne said the harassment charge was dropped after Oriel agreed to the order.
• Prosecutors alleged repeated unwanted visits, phone calls and emails between February 1, 2020 and March 18, 2021, including banging on windows and doors.
• The clash followed the £3.325 million sale of the family’s 17th‑century manor, with Oriel’s share placed in a trust over relatives’ concerns about spending on spiritual teacher Tony Samara.
• Oriel admitted her contact was “persistent, intentional and caused frustration,” her lawyer cited anxiety and depression, and Samara denied large payments or enforcing a 40‑day fast.