Man Drops Money On The Ground, Charged With Littering

patwicklow · 08-03-2012 5:24pm #1

A SHOPPER who dropped a £10 note in the street by accident has been fined – for littering.
Arthritis sufferer Stewart Smith was leaving a charity shop when the banknote fell from his hand, without him realizing.
Stewart, 36, at first expressed his gratitude to the two officers who approached him to point out that the note had fallen to the ground.
But moments later, after recovering the note, he was stunned to be accused of littering and slapped with a £50 fixed-penalty notice.
Mr Smith, who was forced to give up work because of his illness, receives just £98 a fortnight in benefits. But the former warehouse worker has just 14 days to pay up or could face further action.
It is thought the police were implementing a zero-tolerance approach to littering as part of a concerted effort to clean up their local area in Ayr.
But law and order campaigners last night slammed the move, describing it as petty and a waste of police resources.

http://www.federaljack.com/?p=173573

Gmol · 08-03-2012 5:26pm

Too right he should be charged , did he expect someone to pick it up after him?

WoollyRedHat · 08-03-2012 5:27pm

That's what he gets for going into a charity shop, let that be a lesson to him.

chin_grin · 08-03-2012 5:28pm

They felt him....coming in the Ayr tonight. Oh lord.

Ficheall · 08-03-2012 5:30pm

You missed the

A force spokeswoman said: “An individual was seen throwing papers on the street. When he was approached and spoken to about it, he recovered the money he had thrown away but repeated his actions with the papers. He was therefore ticketed.”

If that's true, then he deserves the punishment.

CardBordWindow · 08-03-2012 5:35pm

Those are rubbish laws!

Giblet · 08-03-2012 6:25pm

He threw away the receipt but accidently threw the money away as well. His intention was to throw away just the receipt.

foxyboxer · 08-03-2012 6:33pm

Why don't people just walk/run away when getting a fine on the street?
It's not like getting caught without a ticket on a train and nowhere to go?

Mint Sauce · 08-03-2012 7:40pm

Gmol wrote: »

Too right he should be charged , did he expect someone to pick it up after him?

Erm, someone did. The two officers.

booboo88 · 08-03-2012 7:44pm

Ficheall wrote: »

You missed the

A force spokeswoman said: “An individual was seen throwing papers on the street. When he was approached and spoken to about it, he recovered the money he had thrown away but repeated his actions with the papers. He was therefore ticketed.”

If that's true, then he deserves the punishment.

Its amazing how this totally changes the story, talk about sensationalism