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A pensioner has been fined for dropping someone else's litter.

Bridget Molyneux thought she was in luck when she spotted what looked like a £5 note lying on the ground.

She bent down to pick it up but, realising it was actually a till receipt, the grandmother dropped it again.

However, a council street warden saw her do so - and gave her a £75 fine for littering, reports the Daily Mail.

Mrs Molyneux, 75, of Anfield, Liverpool, was walking near her home when she thought she saw the money.

Her daughter Jackie Davies, 39, explained that the streets were strewn with rubbish because Liverpool had played at Anfield the previous day.

She said: "Mum saw a bit of paper on the floor which she thought was the money, but when she bent down she realised it was an old Asda receipt.

"She put it back down and the street warden came over to her and gave her the fine. She tried to tell them it was not her litter and they asked why she didn't pick it up and take it home with her.

"But who picks up someone else's dirty litter to take home?"

Mrs Davies, a chef, said her mother would have been happy to pay the fine had she dropped the litter.