Two litterbugs caught at Cross Hands
Two teenagers have each been given a six-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £90 costs after throwing litter from a car at McDonalds in Cross Hands.
Owain Joulin Clarke, aged 19, of Whitfield Road, Llandaff, Cardiff, and Joseph Lewis, also 19, of Gibson Close, Llanishen, Cardiff, pleaded guilty to offences under Section 87 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 at Llanelli Magistrates Court.
The prosecution was brought by Carmarthenshire County Council.
The court heard that the council’s environmental enforcement officers were on duty in Cross Hands on Sunday, August 9 when they saw litter thrown from a parked car in the McDonalds car park.
The officers approached the vehicle and both the driver (Lewis) and front seat passenger (Clarke) admitted dropping the litter.
Both men were issued with fixed penalty notices for £75 but failed to pay them within the specified time.
Magistrates said the lenient sentences were solely due to the teenagers’ difficult financial circumstances as neither was working.
The council hopes this latest case will act as a warning to litterbugs in the county that if they flout the law they will be prosecuted.
The council’s 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.”
Owain Joulin Clarke, aged 19, of Whitfield Road, Llandaff, Cardiff, and Joseph Lewis, also 19, of Gibson Close, Llanishen, Cardiff, pleaded guilty to offences under Section 87 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 at Llanelli Magistrates Court.
The prosecution was brought by Carmarthenshire County Council.
The court heard that the council’s environmental enforcement officers were on duty in Cross Hands on Sunday, August 9 when they saw litter thrown from a parked car in the McDonalds car park.
The officers approached the vehicle and both the driver (Lewis) and front seat passenger (Clarke) admitted dropping the litter.
Both men were issued with fixed penalty notices for £75 but failed to pay them within the specified time.
Magistrates said the lenient sentences were solely due to the teenagers’ difficult financial circumstances as neither was working.
The council hopes this latest case will act as a warning to litterbugs in the county that if they flout the law they will be prosecuted.
The council’s 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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