A pensioner has been left ‘anxious’ to go outside after being fined by the council for spitting out a leaf that had blown into his mouth.

Roy Marsh, 86, was slapped with a £250 fine after being caught ‘littering’ by jobsbody enforcers as he walked through Skegness.

He had plonked himself down on a bench by some reeds when one of the huge leaves struck him in the face.

‘As I was sitting there, a gale blew a big reed into my mouth. I spat it out and just as I got up to walk away two guys (enforcement officers) came up to me,’ he said.

Mr Marsh claimed one of the officers in the seaside town shouted ‘Hey you, we’ve got reason to believe you’ve been spitting’.

‘It was all unnecessary and all out of proportion.’ Mr Marsh said, claiming he called the officer a ‘silly boy’.

A fine of £250 w

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