Three enforcement officers stopped a woman after she poured the dregs of her coffee down a drain in west London.

Burcu Yesilyurt, from Kew, was left ‘shocked’ after being fined £150 for doing what she believed was a responsible act to prevent her coffee from spilling on a bus.

She was fined under Section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, which makes it an offence to deposit or dispose of waste in a way likely to pollute land or water, including pouring liquids into street drains.

Ms Yesilyurt told the BBC: ‘I noticed my bus was approaching, so I just poured the leftover bit. It wasn’t much, it was just a tiny little bit.

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