Thursday, 22 May 2008

Motorist Lands £240 Fine for Dumping Rubbish

A motorist has been fined £240 after dumping rubbish from his car window. Terrance Ormandy, 45, was stuck in traffic in Cranfield Park Road last year when he chucked paper out of his silver Ford Focus.

He was spotted by an official from the Environment Agency who reported his car registration details to Basildon Council. Officials tracked down Ormandy, of Henderson Gardens, Wickford, and issued him with a fixed penalty notice of £75. He failed to pay and was ordered to appear before Basildon magistrates court (22 May) where he was found guilty of littering under the Environmental Protection Act.In his absence, he was fined £75, and ordered to pay costs of £150 plus a victim surcharge of £15

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