Pensioner vows to go to prison rather than pay fine for feeding birds in park
20th March 2009
Michelina Roy, 70, was handed the on-the-spot penalty after tossing bread and left-over crumpets down for the pigeons.
Most of the food had already been devoured by more than 20 birds which had landed on the grass when she was approached by two council wardens last week.
They informed her she was guilty of littering in Green Park, near her home in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, and instantly issued her with the ticket.
- Thank God you don’t live in Britain.
- Without eternal vigilance, it could happen here. Probably in New York.