The pair have been fined by Stoke-on-Trent City Council
A couple have been slapped with a £400 littering fine - after one of them put an envelope in a public bin.
But council investigators say this breaches sections 87 and 88 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and constitutes it as an offence of littering because household waste cannot be put in a public bin, reports Stoke on Trent Live.The 47 year old hairdresser said: "I have received a letter from the council with a fine of £200 and my husband has received one too because apparently we're both to blame.
"There was a man living in an empty freezer outside the One Stop shop and he left rubbish everywhere yet nothing was done about that. It's shocking and unbelievable, the world's gone mad. "They've even said they'll increase the penalty to £2,500 and threatened court action if we don't pay the £400. But I'll go to prison first.
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