Roy Marsh, 86, was made to pay £150 after being approached by litter enforcement
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Roy Marsh, 86, was made to pay £150 after being approached by litter enforcement
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A man who claims he was fined £250 for spitting out a leaf after it blew into his mouth has criticised the “unnecessary” behaviour of litter enforcement.
Roy Marsh, 86, says the penalty from enforcement officers was ‘unnecessary and all out of proportion’
Haringey council’s penalty seems extortionate – especially when other authorities charge lower amounts
He said he was forcibly stopped from picking it up and promptly issued with the fixed-penalty notice
Jan Goodey, 60, dropped a bag of clothes outside Shabitat in Brighton
Robert Jenrick said Hammersmith and Fulham Council, which eventually withdrew the penalty, was acting like the ‘Stasi’
A £1,000 fine for putting the bins out early symbolises the jobsworth overreach of local government
