Published: Wednesday 24th February 2021 | 2.05pm
A Walsall man has been ordered to pay fines and costs of £359 after leaving a wine bottle on Cannock Chase.
Mr Daniel Taylor, from Walsall, was witnessed littering the wine bottle by PC Darren Wilkes, Rural and Wildlife Crime Officer from Staffordshire Police.
Cannock Chase Council’s Environmental Health Team then issued Mr Taylor with a fixed penalty notice for £75 and when it wasn’t paid, he was taken to court.
On 5 February, Newcastle-under-Lyme Magistrates found Mr Taylor guilty of littering under Section 87 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and ordered him to pay fines and costs totaling £359.
Mike Edmonds, Head of Environment and Healthy Lifestyles said: “Clearing litter from public places costs councils significant amounts of money each year and if this Council has sufficient evidence it will not hesitate to take action and prosecute offenders.
“We are lucky to have Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on our doorstep, and we must all do what we can to respect it and look after it.”
Anyone with information about littering or the identity of offenders / vehicle registrations, should contact the Council by emailing: environmentalhealth@cannockchasedc.gov.uk
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Example of litter left behind near Marquis Drive on Cannock Chase.