Saturday, July 15, 2006

'Dropped sweet' fine for father

A father has said he was fined £50 because two-year-old son dropped a sweet he did not like on the street.

Craig McKinlay branded Wakefield Council "ridiculous" after he was handed an on-the-spot fine by a patrolling warden in Pontefract.

The 27-year-old taxi operator said he was tying his shoelace at the time and did not see toddler Alfie drop the heart-shaped sweet on the ground.

The council said Mr McKinlay received the fine as he was throwing sweets.

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