Grieving mum fined £300 for giving late husband's clothes to charity View 3 Images

A woman was fined £300 for placing her late husband’s clothes next to a donation bin. Sophie Scott took the clothes to the Salvation Army charity bin in Asda car park in Kings Hill, Kent on Monday, October 20.

When she arrived, the bins were “completely full”, so she placed the two bin liners of clothes on the ground “neatly” beside lots of other bags. However, after getting into her car, the mum-of-two says she was approached by a warden who asked if she had left the bags by the donation bin.

She told him: “Yes, they are for charity, I’ve been donating.” Sophie says the warden reeled off a list of dos and don’ts and explained he was going to fine her for fly-tipping, and it would cost £300. A spok

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