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Simona Kitanovska

HISTORICAL FACTS: Man is outraged by illegal dumping fine for trash stolen from him | History Defined

Dennis Spencer of Blidworth, England, has been accused of fly tipping after a box with his name and address was found on top of the trash. Undated photograph. (Newark Advertiser,SWNS/Zenger)

A fuming grandad was slapped with a fine for illegal dumping despite claiming his recycling waste was stolen from his trash can – before being dumped with cannabis and drugs paraphernalia.

Dennis Spencer, 61, says he is a ‘respectable recycling person’ and has never taken drugs in his life after being issued a £400 fine with by his local council. He received the penalty for incorrect waste disposal after a box with his name and address on was found with fly-tipped garbage in the village of Blidworth, located in England, in the U.K.

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