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A couple who cleaned up rubbish outside their own home have vowed to never help again after being fined £1,200. Veronika Mike, 41, and Zoltan Pinter, 46, both from Stoke-on-Trent, were distraught when waste was left outside their two-bedroom property. The couple claimed the “disgusting” mess scattered outside the terrace house was not being collected. It also meant rats were beginning to scurry around. Pinter cleared up the rubbish by piling the mess into a cardboard box labelled with his name in April this year. He hoped the box would be collected if he left it next to his household refuse, b…

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