When Sue Peckitt may drink no extra of the takeaway espresso she had purchased, she took what she thought was probably the most thoughtful and public-spirited manner of disposing of it.
The pensioner went to place the cup in a litter bin, however solely having first poured the undesirable liquid down a drain on the street to keep away from making a multitude of the bin.
Nevertheless, Miss Peckitt, 65, was shocked by what occurred subsequent – to her disbelief she was stopped by three council enforcement officers and issued with an £80 on-the-spot superb for littering.
The pensioner went to place the cup in a litter bin, however solely having first poured the undesirable liquid down a drain on the street to keep away from making a multitude of the bin (inventory picture)
When the retired civil servant appealed to the council in Ealing, West London, she was advised the superb wouldn't be revoked.
'I'm astonished by the entire course of,' mentioned Miss Peckitt, who has lived in Ealing for 33 years.
'I had purchased a cup of espresso, it wasn't very good and I believed, 'I need to do away with this'.
'So I poured it down the drain after which I began to stroll to the bin to place the cup within the bin. The enforcement officers stopped me and mentioned I used to be breaking the legislation, then I crammed in all of the varieties they usually fined me £80.' Miss Peckitt accused the council and its employees of being over-zealous.
'I feel there's a huge drawback with litter however it's weird, I had put this espresso down the drain as a result of it was the secure and environmentally pleasant factor to do,' she mentioned.
'The rationale I did not get rid of the cup and the liquid within the bin was that I did not need to flip the contents of the bin right into a soggy mess.'
Miss Peckitt's makes an attempt to get Ealing Council to withdraw the superb, which was imposed on her in November, initially fell on deaf ears.
However then an area web site, GetWestLondon, heard concerning the weird incident.
The web site approached the council for a touch upon the story and officers conceded that the £80 superb wouldn't be enforced.
A spokesman for Ealing Council mentioned yesterday: 'The council has investigated this explicit case and might be dropping the superb initially issued.
'Our precedence is to guarantee that the borough is clear and litter free and we apologise for any inconvenience that this may occasionally have triggered.'
Miss Peckitt, 65, was shocked by what occurred subsequent – to her disbelief she was stopped by three council enforcement officers and issued with an £80 on-the-spot superb for littering (inventory picture)
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