Overview

• Rawling set up a 2m camping table in Leicester city centre on May 31 to distribute leaflets and petition signatures against council cuts.
• She received a £100 fixed penalty notice three days later for breaching a Public Spaces Protection Order that bans unauthorised structures in the city centre.
• Leicester City Council says the PSPO targets nuisances such as gazebos and loudspeakers and has improved the city centre environment.
• Rawling has until June 14 to pay the fine or contest it in court, and she intends to plead not guilty.
• She contends the order is being used to suppress political campaigning and infringe freedom of speech.