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A woman has been fined £75 for throwing a Cheesey Wotsit out of her car window.

Hilary Buckland, 46, was seen throwing the snack by a council official driving behind her, says the Daily Telegraph.

Mrs Buckland, a mother of five and grandmother of six, from Luton, was carrying her three nephews and her niece in her Vauxhall Cavalier.

She said she had thrown the Wotsit after one of the children threw it on to her lap while she was driving.

Mrs Buckland said: "I got a letter saying that, to date, the council had incurred £298 costs. That means the council has spent £223 to collect the £75 fine. If I had gone to court I would have got legal aid and would have been given time pay, it would have cost a fortune.

"My gripe is all that taxpayers' money, that has really got to me."

Jon Maddox, the Luton borough council's enforcement manager for street services, said: "It does not matter if it was a cigarette butt or a Wotsit.

"The council has invested significantly in a cleaner Luton. I do not intend to let a small minority of litter louts take us a step backwards and will take action against anyone I hear of dropping litter."