A man who dropped a cigarette butt on moorland in the height of summer, despite being just metres away from a waste bin, has been prosecuted and fined.
Council bosses who took Adnan Ali to court described his actions - set against a backdrop of devastating moorland blazes across Greater Manchester over recent summers - as 'reckless', adding it 'could have had far-reaching consequences'.
Ali, who failed to attend a court to be sentenced, was witnessed dropping a cigarette butt on Saddleworth Moor above Oldham in July last year.
