A British woman has been fined £86 ($170) by crematorium officials for spending too long at the side of her dead five-week-old son.

British media reported on Tuesday that Terrie Rouse incurred the penalty after spending an extra 10 minutes with her son, Zane, before he was taken to be cremated in the town of Milton Keynes. The town is about 105 kilometres north-west of London.

Milton Keynes Council said it routinely charged extra to those who overran the half hour devoted to each funeral but that it refunded the money to Ms Rouse due to "extenuating circumstances".

The newspaper said the funeral took place on July 17.



Zane died of sudden infant death syndrome, the BBC reported.

AP