Litterbugs and irresponsible dog owners have been fined a total of more than £16,000 across North Somerset. 39 people have been prosecuted during the council crackdown against those who breach Public Space Protection Orders.
The fines ranged from £156 to £508 depending on means and whether a guilty plea was entered. Each offender was given a fixed penalty notice of £75 and sent at least one reminder letter but failed to pay.
The charges included 34 for littering by dropping a cigarette, three for walking a dog off lead in an area where dogs must be on leads, and two for having a dog in an exclusion zone. The prosecutions were heard at North Somerset Magistrates Court on Friday, March 17, Friday, April 14 and Friday, May 12.
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The following three people were found guilty of walking a dog off lead in an area where dogs must be on leads:
- Kevin Lewis of Turtlegate Avenue, Bristol
- Emily Maya of Sussex Place, Plymouth
- John Thatcher of Glebe Road, Weston-super-Mare.
The following two people were found guilty of having a dog in an exclusion zone:
- Anna Jane of George Street, Weston-super-Mare
- Leigh Rogers of Wilton Crescent, Weston-super-Mare.
The 34 people found guilty of littering by dropping a cigarette were:
- Corine Bear of Stanley Road, Weston-super-Mare
- Sean Beeton of Hazeldene Road, Weston-super-Mare
- Richard Harper of Bellamy Avenue, Bristol
- Jade Harvey of Milton Road, Weston-super-Mare
- Shantal Jones of Selworthy Road, Weston-super-Mare
- Darren Jordan of Cleeve Drive, Bristol
- Jamie Kay of Station Road, Weston-super-Mare
- Fiaz Mahmood of Apple Close, Blackburn
- Sam Palmer of Kipling Road, Weston-super-Mare
- Amanda Perkin of Leslie Green Court, Newport
- Jake Powell of Lansdowne Grove Lodge, Bath
- Steven Powell of St Catherines Road, Evesham
- Lukasz Prokopik of Ringwood Grove, Weston-super-Mare
- Andrew Radford of Baildon Crescent, Weston-super-Mare
- Agna Riabaite of Dunster Crescent, Weston-super-Mare
- Abby Robinson of Sunnyside Road, Weston-super-Mare
- Natasha Sabastonelli of Hildesheim Close, Weston-super-Mare
- Lisa Shepherd of Orchard Street, Weston-super-Mare
- Joe Smith of Wagons Lane, Tonbridge
- John Smith of Stella Road, Tipton
- Laura Smith of Fairfield, County Durham
- Julina Sodmrl of Locking Road, Weston-super-Mare
- Jade Stacey of Wesley Drive, Weston-super-Mare
- Leon Tarner of Old Street, Clevedon
- Katie Taylor of Abbots Close, Weston-super-Mare
- Lisa Thomas of Coleridge Road, Weston-super-Mare
- Samantha Virgo of Lisle Road, Weston-super-Mare
- Alex Wain of Teasel Walk, Weston-super-Mare
- Christopher Walker of Coralberry Drive, Weston-super-Mare
- Billy Wall of Fox Road, High Wycombe
- Barry Whitmore of Wellbrook Terrace, Tiverton
- Robert Whitmore of Burton Road, Bideford
- David Williams of Tom Williams Court, Swansea
- Lianne Wynters of Milton Brow, Weston-super-Mare.
Councillor James Clayton, North Somerset Council's Executive Member for Safety in the community, said: “Robust enforcement of the PSPOs is a key part of the action we are taking to clean up our local area for everyone to enjoy and make North Somerset a greener place to be. We hope our partnership with Local Authority Support and enforcement of the PSPOs will lead to a reduction of overall offending.
“It’s disappointing to see so many offenders from Weston-super-Mare and I hope that this changes. We’ll continue to heavily publicise our PSPOs, and previous convictions. There really is no excuse."
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