Non-smoker fined £433 for dropping cigarette butt in Manchester

Steve Jones was hundreds of miles away in Maidstone arranging family funeral at time of alleged offence

A non-smoker was convicted at a magistrates court after Manchester city council accused him of dropping a cigarette butt in the city centre - even though he was hundreds of miles away, arranging a family funeral at the time.

Steve Jones, a 53-year-old teacher, lives 200 miles away in Teddington, Greater London, has only been to Manchester three times, and doesn't smoke.