A "heart-breaking" littering fine for an 86-year-old grandfather who says he spat out a leaf which blew into his mouth is a "total disgrace", his daughter has said.

Roy Marsh was fined by enforcement officers in February while walking around a boating lake in Skegness, Lincolnshire .

His daughter Jane Fitzpatrick said her father, who has walking difficulties, a heart condition and severe asthma, was targeted after a small leaf blew into his mouth and he spat it out.

He was fined £250 by officers from East Lindsey District Council who saw the incident and confronted him.

The fine was later reduced to £150.

Ms Fitzpatrick described her father as a sweet old guy who has lived in Skegness all his life.

She said: "He wouldn't hurt a fly, and these buggers are picking on the elderly, a

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