A woman has been fined for littering - more than 10 years ago.
Grace Firth was convicted in August, 2009, over a Greggs bakery paper bag left on Bridgewater Place, near Afflecks in Manchester city centre's Northern Quarter.
She didn't attend the Manchester magistrates' court hearing however - and the case against her was proved in her absence.
Ms Firth, from Shaw Heath in Stockport, was fined a total of £175 and ordered to pay court costs of £180, alongside a victim surcharge of £15.
But she maintained she knew nothing about the prosecution, saying letters were sent to a wrong address.
Ms Firth, 32, told how she received a letter out of the blue in December last year referencing an 'historical debt' to the court, reported the BBC.
She investigated and contacted the court - only to discover the prosecution.
On Tuesday, Ms Firth appeared before Stockport magistrates court' where she made a 'statutory declaration' surrounding the conviction.
She swore on oath that she knew nothing about it - and magistrates accepted the declaration.
The BBC said Ms Firth, who is said to be a student, knew nothing about the original prosecution and 'the first she'd heard about the whole thing' was getting the letter last year.
She claimed all previous letters were sent to her mother's house, according to the BBC.
"Any mail for me was returned to sender or thrown away," she reportedly told the court.
Magistrates praised her for her honesty in coming forward.
Chairman of the bench, Edward Tasker, reportedly told her: "You've been very fair and very honest.
"Thank you for being so honest and for turning up."
She was fined £40 - £135 less than the original fine - and the £180 costs order was quashed.
The £15 victim surcharge remained.
It's understood those convicted in their absence at a magistrates court are imposed higher levels of fines as their income cannot be determined because they aren't there.
The initial charge - which dated back to March 2009 - read: "On 25/03/2009 at Manchester threw down, dropped or otherwise deposited litter, namely a Greggs paper bag and left it in Bridgewater Place, a place to which section 87 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 applied."
