Donna Yopp Paul was told that the height of her garden fence must be reduced to four-feet - and she says she didn't like that others were "controlling" what she could do on her property

A homeowner who was ordered to reduce the height of her garden fence used the same guidelines to get gloriously petty revenge on her neighbours.

When a county rule was used to force Donna Yopp Paul to shave off about two feet from the height of the fence, she did as she was told - before citing another rule which gave her freedom to paint it any colour she desired.