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Mother fined £700 for putting rubbish out on wrong day

By John Hirst

Mother fined £700 for putting rubbish out on wrong day

Victoria Clarke, 24, left bin bags outside her gate so her four-year-old daughter had more room to play in the family back yard .

But litter patrols spotted the rubbish on the pavement and Miss Clarke was taken to magistrates' court for the offence of "the advancement of waste."

She was fined £350 with £350.12 costs and ordered to pay a £15 victim surcharge under the terms of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. The maximum fine is £1,000.

Outside my front gate is a black recycling box and a black bin liner full of recyclables which have been there for almost 2 weeks. Reason? The council collectors failed to do their job and collect it on the designated day. Should they now also be fined £700?

Full post as published by prisonlawinsideout on September 10, 2008 (boomark / email).