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Woman's fury over 'extortionate' £150 fine for throwing sandwich crust to pigeons in Piccadilly Gardens
13.04.2022 - 20:47 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A woman has told of her fury after being fined £150 for throwing two small crusts from a sandwich to pigeons in Piccadilly Gardens. Hazel Kirby said her punishment was triple the fine paid by Prime Minister Boris Johnson for breaching coronavirus restrictions at a Downing Street party during the pandemic.
Retired Hazel, 61, said she wanted to speak out to 'air' the issue in public - and she called the fine 'disproportionate' to the current minimum penalty of £100 for a speeding offence in a vehicle in the UK.
Hazel, from Harwood, Bolton, was told she was issued with a fixed penalty notice for a 'littering offence' under Section 87 of the Environmental Act 1990. She said the fine rose from £120 to £150 because she didn't pay within 10 days as she left Greater Manchester the following day to visit a friend in the south who had just lost her husband.
Hazel told the Manchester Evening News : "The fine is extortionate and I believe it is disproportionate when you compare it to a speeding fine - which is a potentially a life-threatening offence.
"Is it fair to say that the council is being overzealous? It just seems easy money to me to stop and fine someone for giving a pigeon a few crumbs of bread. This whole episode has made me think, do I really want to go back into Manchester ever again?
"I dropped a crust to a bird - it is not the crime of the century. I do not drop litter and am a responsible citizen. I just feel it is heavy-handed on the part of the council. It is triple the amount of money paid by the Prime Minister and it comes within the context of the cost of living crisis.
"A lot of people will not be able to afford a fine like this."
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