Court orders pensioner to paint her blue house yellow (and lands her with a criminal conviction)

It was a subtle shade of blue, much in keeping with the historic nature of the house and village in which Sheila New lived.That was the thinking of the 72-year-old homeowner when she paid for it to be painted, but councillors in Crewkerne, Somerset, disagreed and ordered her to re-paint the property yellow.In the legal dispute that followed, Miss New found herself with a criminal