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| Author: | captain cab [ Fri Mar 07, 2014 8:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Nelson taxi driver hit with £440 fine |
Nelson taxi driver hit with £440 fine after throwing cigarette end from car A NELSON taxi driver has been ordered to pay £440 for throwing a cigarette end from his car window. Fayyaz Mohammed, 48, of Crawford Street, Nelson, failed to attend Reedley Magistrates’ Court to face the charge. But the case was proved in his absence and the court imposed a fine of £200 plus £220 costs and a £20 victim surcharge. On November 25, 2013, a waste management officer from Pendle Council witnessed Mohammed throw his cigarette end from the window of his car, a taxi he was driving for Matrix Taxis in Nelson. Mohammed’s details were obtained by checking his vehicle details with the DVLA. He was later issued with a fixed penalty notice — carrying a fine of £75 — for dropping cigarette litter. But he did not pay this and, as a result, ended up being taken to court last Thursday. Coun John David, executive member for environmental services, said the fine should serve as a warning to other people not to drop rubbish on the streets. He said: “Cigarette ends are classed as litter and should always be disposed of properly – in the bin. “Just like with other forms of litter, it is an offence to throw them on the ground, and it is particularly uncivilised to just hurl them from a car window. “This prosecution should serve as a warning to anyone that they can face a hefty fine, all for failing to do the decent thing and put their rubbish in the bin.” source: http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/ ... _from_car/ |
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| Author: | roythebus [ Fri Mar 07, 2014 8:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Nelson taxi driver hit with £440 fine |
Pity they didn't fine him for smoking in his cab as well. |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Fri Mar 07, 2014 8:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Nelson taxi driver hit with £440 fine |
roythebus wrote: Pity they didn't fine him for smoking in his cab as well. They have no evidence for that. |
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| Author: | sasha [ Sun Mar 09, 2014 6:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Nelson taxi driver hit with £440 fine |
They have no evidence of anything at all, just the say so of a binman. All these council officers should take over from the police, think of all the crimes that would be solved - (judge) 'what evidence do you have they are the murderer?' (council officer) 'I saw him do it' 
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| Author: | Sussex [ Sun Mar 09, 2014 8:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Nelson taxi driver hit with £440 fine |
sasha wrote: They have no evidence of anything at all, just the say so of a binman. That is evidence, and the only evidence the court heard as the driver didn't turn up. |
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| Author: | roythebus [ Sun Mar 09, 2014 8:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Nelson taxi driver hit with £440 fine |
Quite. he could have pleaded not guilty had he bothered to appear. |
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