A hairdresser caught by litter wardens dropping a cigarette end on the pavement outside his salon has been fined £200.

Dean Evans, 23, of Newbold Road, Barlestone, denied dropping litter in Loseby Lane, Leicester, on January 26, and appeared before city magistrates pleading not guilty to the charge.

He was also ordered to pay £150 prosecution costs and a £15 surcharge to help victims of crime.

City council warden Andrew Moyse told the court he saw Evans and another man outside the entrance of the hairdressing salon, which was not named in court.

He said Evans deliberately dropped a cigarette end and did not attempt to pick it up. Mr Moyse said he identified himself as a warden and issued an £80 fixed penalty notice.

Mr Moyse said: "He did not give his details straight away, but argued about the fixed penalty."

Steve Quick, head of the city council's environment crime team, said offenders were given 14 days to pay the penalty, but had up to four weeks after the expiry date to come forward with the money. He said a reminder letter was sent to Evans on April 2.

Evans, representing himself, said he had not dropped the cigarette, but had put it in a "shoehorn", part of the building, and, he believed, within the boundaries of his business, not on the street.