EllieCullen commented Smoker landed with £950 bill for dropping a cigarette butt...

Smoker David Mitchell said it "felt like a heart attack" after being told he must pay £952 for dropping a cigarette end.But Nottingham Magistrates reduced the bill to £195 after he told them he didn't receive a letter about the fine and costs handed to him at a hearing held in his absence.JPs had ordered Mitchell, of Wigman Road, Bilborough, to pay the original bill – made up of a £660 fine, £226 council costs and a £66 government surcharge –...