“A woman has been fined £75 for throwing a Cheesey Wotsit out of her car window. … 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.’” (05/04/06)