A WINCHESTER woman has been fined almost £500 for dropping a cigarette butt in Southampton.

Stacey Durling, of Chesil Street, must pay £476.75 after littering in Shirley Road on Tuesday, May 9, a court heard.

Durling was found guilty by the single justice procedure on Thursday, January 25 at Portsmouth Magistrates Court.

She has been fined £220 and must also pay £168.75 costs and an £88 victims’ surcharge. The total amount of £476.75 must be paid by February 22.