Grannie Gets A Fine!!

Gran fined £75 after thread of cotton falls off glove

A grandmother in South Wales was fined for littering after a thread of cotton fell off one of her gloves.

Valerie George, 71, was out shopping when a council environmental enforcement officer approached her with the £75 fixed penalty fine.

George, from Brynmawr, Gwent, was stunned, particularly as she lives on a pension of £105 a week.

"It's ridiculous. I caught my watch on my glove and didn't even notice the cotton fall," George said according to The Mirror.

Blaenau Gwent Council decided to withdraw the fine yesterday.

A spokesman said that an offence "was committed" but that pursuing the fine was "not in line" with its priorities.