A Bristol woman has been ordered to pay a total of £708 after South Gloucestershire Council prosecuted her for littering in Kingswood for dropping a cigarette on the ground.
Alison Godfrey of Green Croft in Speedwell, Bristol, failed to attend Bristol Magistrates Court for the hearing on Monday (January 23) but was found guilty in her absence and convicted of littering for dumping the cigarette on the ground. She was ordered to pay a fine of £220, along with £400 in costs and a £88 victim surcharge, making a total of £708.
The court heard that on June 20, 2022, South Gloucestershire Council Street Enforcement officers were conducting a uniformed patrol on Kingswood's Regent Street when they spotted Godfrey on the opposite side of the street. She threw a cigarette on the ground as she passed a bar and a roadside trash can while heading into the Kings Chase retail centre.
