Councillor In Chelmsford Magistrates Court over tree dilemma

A district councillor has been taken to court by her own council for allegedly destroying protected trees near her home.Sue White, councillor for Purleigh, appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on Thursday last week to answer five charges brought against her by Maldon District Council.She is accused of willfully damaging and destroying trees near her Nipsells Farm Lodge home in Nipsells Chase, Mayland, on August 4 last year.But no plea was entered and the case was adjourned until next month...