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Richard Gladstone & Susie Beever

Disabled woman 'chased' along seafront and fined £100 for 'dropping cigarette butt'

A disabled woman says she was hounded and fined by a council litter warden for 'dropping a cigarette butt' despite putting it in her pocket.

Leona Moon had been minding her business on a bench in Bexhill, East Sussex, when the anti-litter enforced chased her down a seafront accusing her of "committing a criminal offence".

The 54-year-old, who is unable to move her fingers, was told she had to pay a £100 fine - despite her proof the butt had ended up in her pocket due to a burn mark on her clothes.

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