Italian man fined nearly €900 for filling in pothole hits out at ‘injustice’

Claudio Trenta, 72, has triggered a national debate after deciding to fix 30cm hole himself in Lombardy

An Italian pensioner has pledged to fight against the injustice" of being fined almost 900 for fixing a pothole.

Claudio Trenta was so frustrated by the local council's failure to repair the 30cm pothole on a pedestrian crossing in Barlassina, a small town in Lombardy, that the 72-year-old decided to take action himself by filling it with cold bitumen.