Court rules red and white striped house 'entirely lawful'
A woman who painted her London townhouse in red and white stripes can ignore a council order to repaint it, the High Court ruled on Monday. Zipporah Lisle-Mainwaring had denied the stripes were to spite neighbours objecting to her demolishing and replacing the property with another house. The paint job was "entirely lawful" regardless of her motive, the court ruled.