A volunteer who spends her free time collecting food for vulnerable families was confronted by a council enforcement officer, threatened with an even bigger penalty if she refused to hand over her details, and slapped with a £150 fixed penalty notice over a stray kale leaf wedged in her shopping trolley, according to the Daily Mail. The fine was only cancelled after the council reviewed the matter and admitted fault.
Monica Serro, 42, a welfare officer, had spent the day gathering food parcels from local supermarkets with her mother, parcels she goes on to distribute free of charge from her own home to people in need. It was while she was unloading that haul in a Sainsbury's car park in Arnold, Nottingham, last Thursday that an enforcement agent working for Gedling Borough Council moved in on her.
