A grieving mum says she’s being treated “like a criminal” after being fined £300 for placing her late husband’s clothes by a donation bin which was full.

Sophie Scott took the clothes to the Salvation Army charity bin in Asda car park in Kings Hill on Monday, October 20.

When she arrived, the bins were “completely full”, so she placed the two bin liners of clothes on the ground “neatly” beside lots of other bags.

However, after getting into her car, the mum-of-two says she was approached by a warden who asked if she had left the bags by the donation bin.

She told him: “Yes, they are for charity, I’ve been donating.”

In response, Sophie says the warden reeled off a list of dos and don’ts and explained he was going to fine her for fly-tipping, and it would cost £300.

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