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Toby Codd

Irresponsible dog owners and litterbugs slapped with fines totalling over £16,000

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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