Woman fined £240 for dropping cigarette wrapper in Barking
A woman who dropped the wrapper of a cigarette packet at Barking station has been fined £240 after the case was taken to court.
Julie Reading, of Lion Hill, Stourport-on-Severn, in Worcestershire, was seen by a council enforcement officer dropping the litter in February this year.
The 45-year-old was issued with a fixed penalty notice of £75 on the spot.
But when she failed to pay it the case was taken to Romford Magistrates’ Court where she was found guilty of littering.
She was fined £100 and ordered to pay £120 costs with a £20 victims’ surcharge.
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Cllr Jeanne Alexander, cabinet member for crime, justice and communities, said: “This case demonstrates that we will not tolerate littering in Barking and Dagenham. Throwing rubbish on the ground, even if it is just a cigarette wrapper, is still an offence.
“We issue fines wherever we can, and if those fines are not paid we will not hesitate to pursue the offenders through the courts.”
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