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Two fined for littering
Date published: 13 February 2012
Two Rochdale residents have received fines after being convicted of dropping litter.
A Corporate Enforcement Officer witnessed Louise Wilson of Hill Top Drive, Rochdale, throw a lit cigarette end out of a vehicle at the traffic lights on Edinburgh Way, leaving it on the road.
Kyle Kelly of Ferguson Gardens, Rochdale, was seen by an officer leaving a drinks carton in Rochdale town centre.
Both failed to appear at Bury and Rochdale Magistrates Court on 2 February. Both were convicted in their absence and fined £175, ordered to pay £100 costs and a £15 victim surcharge.
Corporate Enforcement Officers are regularly on patrol throughout the borough.
Anyone seen dropping litter will be offered a Fixed Penalty Notice at £75. Refusal of the offer of a Fixed Penalty Notice, or failure to pay it, can lead to a criminal conviction and a fine.
Comments
The state that Rochdale is in, in regard to litter and fly-tipping, I find it hard to believe that it is actually discouraged.
A fag butt out of a car window is nothing towards the crime that's going on in Rochdale lately.
Was this lady on her way to work, an easy victim?
Have Your Say
How many people get caught each year?
I bet they could earn their years wages in a week!
And maybe that would be a better way for RMBC to balance the books, rather than some of the miserly cuts they propose, especially to vulnerable people!
By keithatrochdale @ 14/02/2012 10:28:28