St Clears man handed litter fine
A St Clears man has been prosecuted for throwing litter out of a car outside the Carmarthen McDonalds restaurant.
Anthony Richard Winter was convicted at Ammanford Magistrates Court in his absence of an offence of littering.
The court heard that on Saturday March 7 this year Carmarthenshire County Council environmental enforcement officers were on patrol at McDonalds, Carmarthen, when they entered the overflow car park where they saw McDonalds food packaging being thrown out of an open window of a Black Renault Clio.
Officers approached the vehicle where they explained what had been witnessed. The driver immediately left the scene failing to give his details. Twenty three-year-old Winter was traced and later admitted in interview that he had thrown litter from a vehicle on the day in question.
Winter, of the Old Swan Hotel, St. Clears, was fined £175 and ordered to pay £120 costs.
Carmarthenshire County Council is determined to clean up the county and prosecute those that break the law.
Executive board member for the environment Councillor Haydn Jones said: “Dropping litter is against the law, whether it is discarding rubbish from a vehicle, throwing cigarette ends or spitting out chewing gum.
“This will not be tolerated and the culprits will be punished. There is no excuse for littering our streets.”
Anthony Richard Winter was convicted at Ammanford Magistrates Court in his absence of an offence of littering.
The court heard that on Saturday March 7 this year Carmarthenshire County Council environmental enforcement officers were on patrol at McDonalds, Carmarthen, when they entered the overflow car park where they saw McDonalds food packaging being thrown out of an open window of a Black Renault Clio.
Officers approached the vehicle where they explained what had been witnessed. The driver immediately left the scene failing to give his details. Twenty three-year-old Winter was traced and later admitted in interview that he had thrown litter from a vehicle on the day in question.
Winter, of the Old Swan Hotel, St. Clears, was fined £175 and ordered to pay £120 costs.
Carmarthenshire County Council is determined to clean up the county and prosecute those that break the law.
Executive board member for the environment Councillor Haydn Jones said: “Dropping litter is against the law, whether it is discarding rubbish from a vehicle, throwing cigarette ends or spitting out chewing gum.
“This will not be tolerated and the culprits will be punished. There is no excuse for littering our streets.”
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