Council tax Rebel Sylvia Hardy should sue the Government for false imprisonment and call for the magistrates to be dismissed for incompetence.

Gordon Brown promised all pensioners £200 towards payment of their rates back in April.

This payment has not yet been paid but it likely to be paid later in the year.

Clearly, Miss Hardy's council could have asked the Government for the £53.71 on account and then the balance paid to her later in the year.

Since the Government/local government has £200 due to Miss Hardy, the magistrates falsely imprisoned her.

-Brian Bayliss, Hove