A MAN still fighting a legal battle after losing his home and business more than 20 years ago has seen his mobile home destroyed by fire.

Mike Hunt, 75, and his family, who lived at the site in Aston Rowant, were left with just the clothes they were wearing after their wooden home caught alight.

He said: "We are all devastated -- everything has gone.

"All the files for my legal battle have been destroyed, all my wife's paintings and music and my son Sam's seven guitars.

"Because it was a wooden mobile home it was not insured."

He praised neighbours and friends for the way they rallied round.

Mr Hunt said: "Everyone has been so kind and helpful."

No-one was hurt in the lunchtime blaze but Mr Hunt, his artist wife Adrienne and two sons Sam, 23, and Ben, 27, were left homeless.

Ben and Sam have managed to find a flat in Stokenchurch and Mr and Mrs Hunt are expecting a new mobile home to arrive this week at the quarry on Aston Hill.

Mr Hunt is a former actor and appeared on TV in the 1960s police drama Z-Cars.

He gave up acting to look after the family business, Aston Woodware,

but a bad deal more than 20 years ago lost him the company and his home and it is that battle with estate agents and solicitors which is still going on with the help of Legal Aid.

At the moment Mr Hunt is in dispute with the Department of Constitutional Affairs, the Legal Services Ombudsman and the Parliamentary Ombudsman in a bid to get compensation for the original business deal.

South Oxfordshire MP Boris Johnson has been helping Mr Hunt with his claim and has copies of his legal files.

For many years Mr Hunt was in dispute with South Oxfordshire District Council's planning department over his mobile home and where he sited it but that has now been resolved and no enforcement action was taken.

Mr Hunt's business still produces garden furniture but has been struggling to compete with cheaper imported products. He said: "I sold hardly anything last year."

Despite this latest setback, he has vowed that he and his family will not give up.

He said: "We will keep on fighting to get justice and we will build up our lives again -- we cannot give in now."