Cigarette littering costs Malvern man over £500 at court

A man has had to pay £100s after he dropped a cigarette and didn't pick it up <i>(Image: Newsquest)</i>
A man has had to pay £100s after he dropped a cigarette and didn't pick it up (Image: Newsquest)
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Dropping a cigarette in London has ended up costing a Malvern man over £500.

Jonathan Wynn, of College Road, Malvern, admitted to littering in Islington on January 27.

The 60-year-old was found to have thrown down or dropped a cigarette on York Way and left it.

At a hearing held at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court, north London, on Tuesday, September 1, Wynn was fined £300.

The court also ordered for him to pay £150 in costs and a £120 surcharge, bringing the total he has to pay to £570.

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