https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp34xykk653o

A man who was fined for spitting out a leaf after it blew into his mouth has joined calls for "responsible" litter enforcement. Roy Marsh, 86, was hit with a œ250 fine after an incident in Skegness, Lincolnshire, earlier this year.

The story emerged after Adrian Findley, a county councillor, said he had received a number of complaints about similar "heavy handed" incidents in the seaside resort. East Lindsey District Council (ELDC) said enforcement teams, who work on behalf of the authority, would "only approach individuals who have been seen committing environmental crime offences".

Mr Marsh claimed he was reprimanded as he stopped for a rest while walking across the South Parade Car Park in February. "As I was sitting there, a gale blew a big reed into my mouth. I spat it out and just as I got up to walk away two guys [enforcement officers] came up to me," he said. Mr Marsh was told by one of the officers that he had been seen spitting on the ground. "It was all unnecessary and all out of proportion." Mr Marsh said.

A fine of œ250 was issued and it was later reduced on appeal to œ150, which Mr Marsh paid.

Findley, who represents Reform on Lincolnshire County Council, told the BBC he had been approached by other "angry residents" who had recounted similar experiences. He said: "They [enforcement officers] are taking it too far. If I came here on holiday and was given a œ250 fine I wouldn't want to risk coming back. There needs to be discretion about how they [enforcement officers] issue fines. We can't expect elderly people to chase crisp packets down the road if it's windy. If it looks like a genuine accident then give people opportunity
to apologise and pick it up."

ELDC said it closely monitored enforcement actions and patrols were not targeted at any specific demographic and are not discriminatory.



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On 2026-01-12 06:15:50 +0000, Pluted Pup said:

On 1/11/26 4:57 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp34xykk653o

A man who was fined for spitting out a leaf after it blew into his mouth ha >> joined calls for "responsible" litter enforcement. Roy Marsh, 86, was hit wit
a ?250 fine after an incident in Skegness, Lincolnshire, earlier this year. >>
The story emerged after Adrian Findley, a county councillor, said he ha
received a number of complaints about similar "heavy handed" incidents in th >> seaside resort. East Lindsey District Council (ELDC) said enforcement teams >> who work on behalf of the authority, would "only approach individuals who hav
been seen committing environmental crime offences".

Mr Marsh claimed he was reprimanded as he stopped for a rest while walkin
across the South Parade Car Park in February. "As I was sitting there, a gal >> blew a big reed into my mouth. I spat it out and just as I got up to walk awa
two guys [enforcement officers] came up to me," he said. Mr Marsh was told b

What's with the mispellings? It's "it blew into his mouth has joined", not "ha joined" and it's "a gale blew a big reed into my mouth. I spat it out and
just as I got up to walk away two" not "a gal blew a big reed into my mouth. I
spat it out and just as I got up to walk awa two", etc.

It was hard to picture "a gal blew a big reed into my mouth."

The last letter of every line, except the last line of each paragraph,
has simply been chopped off for some reason. i.e. "a gal*e* blew a big
reed into my mouth."

Sometimes copy-pasting from websites results in weird things happening.

one of the officers that he had been seen spitting on the ground. "It was al >> unnecessary and all out of proportion." Mr Marsh said.

A fine of ?250 was issued and it was later reduced on appeal to ?150, which M
Marsh paid.

Findley, who represents Reform on Lincolnshire County Council, told the BBC h
had been approached by other "angry residents" who had recounted simila
experiences. He said: "They [enforcement officers] are taking it too far. If >> came here on holiday and was given a ?250 fine I wouldn't want to risk comin >> back. There needs to be discretion about how they [enforcement officers] issu
fines. We can't expect elderly people to chase crisp packets down the road i >> it's windy. If it looks like a genuine accident then give people opportunit >> to apologise and pick it up."

ELDC said it closely monitored enforcement actions and patrols were no
targeted at any specific demographic and are not discriminatory.

I'll guess that East Lindsey District Council is entirely discriminatory
and target white ethnic groups, like if they appear native British.

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On Jan 11, 2026 at 10:15:50 PM PST, "Pluted Pup" <plutedpup@outlook.com>
wrote:

On 1/11/26 4:57 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp34xykk653o

A man who was fined for spitting out a leaf after it blew into his mouth ha >> joined calls for "responsible" litter enforcement. Roy Marsh, 86, was hit >> wit
a œ250 fine after an incident in Skegness, Lincolnshire, earlier this year. >>
The story emerged after Adrian Findley, a county councillor, said he ha
received a number of complaints about similar "heavy handed" incidents in th
seaside resort. East Lindsey District Council (ELDC) said enforcement teams >> who work on behalf of the authority, would "only approach individuals who >> hav
been seen committing environmental crime offences".

Mr Marsh claimed he was reprimanded as he stopped for a rest while walkin >> across the South Parade Car Park in February. "As I was sitting there, a gal
blew a big reed into my mouth. I spat it out and just as I got up to walk >> awa
two guys [enforcement officers] came up to me," he said. Mr Marsh was told b

What's with the mispellings? It's "it blew into his mouth has joined", not "ha joined" and it's "a gale blew a big reed into my mouth. I spat it out and
just as I got up to walk away two" not "a gal blew a big reed into my mouth. I
spat it out and just as I got up to walk awa two", etc.

It was hard to picture "a gal blew a big reed into my mouth."

Are you too thick to suss out that there are no misspellings here and that-- for whatever reason-- the system lopped off the last character of each line?



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