{"id":169539,"date":"2023-01-13T13:47:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T13:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=169539"},"modified":"2023-01-13T13:47:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T13:47:05","slug":"woman-fined-400-after-putting-litter-in-council-bin-claims-shes-been-bullied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/woman-fined-400-after-putting-litter-in-council-bin-claims-shes-been-bullied\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman fined \u00a3400 after putting litter in council bin claims she’s been ‘bullied’"},"content":{"rendered":"

A woman has been slapped with a \u00a3400 fine for fly-tipping after she put rubbish into a council bin.<\/p>\n

Olivia Post, from Battle, East Sussex, says animals had ripped open bin bags and rubbish was scattered across the streets.<\/p>\n

She decided to be a good samaritan by picking up the rubbish and disposing of it – but her kindness backfired.<\/p>\n

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She was fined \u00a3400 and told the council bins were for litter, not for "controlled domestic waste".<\/p>\n

Olivia has blasted the council as "bullies" and claims she has been made to feel "victimised and distressed" by the incident.<\/p>\n

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Rother District Council has offered to reimburse Ms Post if she pays up but said the notice was issued correctly.<\/p>\n

Ms Post told BBC: "It's bullying to be told I can't put rubbish in the bin and it's upsetting."<\/p>\n

The waste in question, she explained, was not hers but had been "strewn everywhere by seagulls and foxes" in a council car park.<\/p>\n

She headed home to collect a rubbish bag before heading back to pick up the waste, leaving it in the council bin.<\/p>\n

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