A woman who now lives in a van with her three dogs in and around Exeter has pleaded not guilty to threatening officials who tried to evict her from her home in a converted railway carriage.
Linda Elt, aged 64, is now homeless and living with her three Jack Russell dogs in a Renault van in various locations around the Exeter, Exmouth and Sidmouth area.
She will face a trial next month at Exeter Crown Court accused of threatening to endanger the life of an official by damaging her former home at Chawleigh, North Devon.
At the time she was facing eviction from her own land in a planning dispute and the allegations concern her threatening to cause a fire at the property.
Widower Mrs Elt, who suffers from ME, is alleged to have blockaded her former property just outside Chawleigh with a vehicle to prevent council officials enforcing a planning notice and threatened to set light to fuel.
