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Baby fined £80 for dropping two quavers
A Sussex woman was fined £80 for littering - after her toddler granddaughter dropped two Quavers.
Barbara Jubb, 57, from Crawley, is refusing the pay the fine, reports the local Argus newspaper.
She was standing by a bus stop with her daughter Selena and 20-month old granddaughter Emily when council wardens pounced.
They issued her with an £80-on-the-spot fine - for not picking up two Quavers little Emily had dropped.
Barbara said: "I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Emily had a packet of Quavers in her hands and dropped it by mistake, two of the crisps fell out, so I picked up the bag and kicked the crisps into the gutter.
"It was raining so they were already wet and starting to disintegrate, I didn't think anything of it. Then two people with clipboards came up to me, I thought they were canvassers at first. But they said they were going to fine me for littering.
"They wrote down 'kicking two crisps' as the offence. People were standing around laughing nearby - it is just unbelievable."
A Crawley Borough Council spokeswoman said: "We've cancelled the fine and apologised to the family for being over-zealous."
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