Shopkeeper fined £300 by council for using black bin bags instead of grey

Trader is fined £300 by council for using black bin bags instead of grey By Daily Mail Reporter Nicole Rosbrook outside the shop in Muswell Hill where she was fined for using the wrong coloured bin bags A boutique has been fined £300 for throwing away rubbish in the wrong coloured bin bags. Shopkeepers in Muswell Hill are ordered to put their waste out in special grey sacks. However, the company that supplies the sacks had run out of them, so staff at Charli, a designer fashion store, were forced to use normal black bags instead. To their horror, Haringey council officials patrolling the area spotted the four bags left outside the store and imposed a £75 fine for each. Shop owner Sangita Ibrahim, 47, said: 'The shop was really busy and they came in like the Gestapo. 'Staff were told they would face criminal prosecution and... [read full story]