Nottingham Post commented Two smokers fined after dropping cigarette butts in Arnold

Two smokers learnt the rising cost of dropping cigarette ends in Arnold. They failed to pay £50 penalty litter tickets, did not turn up in court and now must cough up £385 each.Nottingham magistrates imposed the penalties after the pair did not write to court to enter pleas to charges of depositing litter. They were found guilty.Hannah Cash, prosecuting, said a council neighbourhood warden saw 39-year-old Sarah Richmond smoking while standing between a cafe and a shop on Front Street