A teenager has been summoned to court for feeding a pigeon a McDonald's chip.
Lauren-Paige Smith, 19, was tucking into lunch when she gave the bird a chip, which it wolfed down.
But moments later, the customer services advisor was handed a £25 fine for littering.
Miss Smith told the official that the bird had finished the chip and there was no 'litter' left, but she was still fined.
"It's madness. Lauren has never been in trouble in her life and they're summoning her to court for feeding some birds," said Lauren's grandfather.
The rest of this story, from The Telegraph, is here.
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