"Arfa Daily" wrote in message
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In today's paper, there is a case of a man who has been fined £100 plus
another £100 in costs, because a piece of junk mail with his name on it,
was found in a bag designated as being for glass and tins only. The guy
was actually taking part in the scheme voluntarily, but as a result, now
has a criminal record, with all the job and travel-related implications of
that. There was not even any CCTV or witness evidence to support the case
and, despite the guy's insistence that he did not put the item in there,
because it was not even his bag, the court declared the case proved. So
how does nonsense like this encourage people to become more eco and
recycle friendly ?

IMO the UK is becoming ever more like Nazi Germany. Where, in this case is
the actus reus let alone the mens rea? I doubt they could prove that the
junk mail was even delivered to the accused - a lazy postman could have
dumped it there.