London woman’s £150 fine for pouring coffee down street drain revoked

Yesilyurt, from Kew, said: ‘I think the fine is extreme. It’s not proportionate.’ Photograph: Frankie McCamley/BBC

A woman from west London who was fined £150 for pouring the dregs of her morning coffee down a street drain has had the penalty revoked after a council review.

Three enforcement officers stopped Burcu Yesilyurt near Richmond station on 10 October and handed her a fixed-penalty notice on her way to work.