Smokers fined (From Bicester Advertiser)
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Smokers fined
9:30am Friday 11th May 2012 in News
BICESTER: Two smokers have been fined £400 after dropping cigarette butts.
Christopher Ahlgram, of Cox’s Lane, Enstone, and Michelle Laurie, of Hawksmead, Bicester, were fined £75 but neither paid the fines. Cherwell District Council took the matter to court. After failing to turn up for a hearing last Friday, they were both fined £200, ordered to pay £100 costs and a £15 victim surcharge.
Comments(17)
snert
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10:30am Fri 11 May 12
Chewing gum is far worse on the pavements that a cigarette butt. I don't see those people being fined!
John Lamb
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10:58am Fri 11 May 12
Major Oxford
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11:25am Fri 11 May 12
Dilligaf2010
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11:28am Fri 11 May 12
snert
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11:29am Fri 11 May 12
An adult has a legal right to smoke if they wish. Smokers have to go outside, something I am in favour of myself.
Noone has the right to drop litter as it is an offence unyet you don't see the police acting on it at any other time.
MadMan-JaYmZ
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3:35pm Fri 11 May 12
Dilligaf2010 wrote:I don't think you read the report properly. They was both given £75 fines, and because they never paid them they increased.
You get fined less for smoking weed, what's the crack?
If they would have payed when they had the chance, it would have been £75 not £390.
snert
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3:42pm Fri 11 May 12
MadMan-JaYmZ wrote:And people do get fined less than £75 for a lot more than that. The old Scales of Justice each week shows the leniency of some punishments.
Dilligaf2010 wrote:I don't think you read the report properly. They was both given £75 fines, and because they never paid them they increased.
You get fined less for smoking weed, what's the crack?
If they would have payed when they had the chance, it would have been £75 not £390.
jellyface2
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9:43pm Fri 11 May 12
MadMan-JaYmZ wrote:Where do you get £390 from. Add up the numbers,it's £315?!
Dilligaf2010 wrote:I don't think you read the report properly. They was both given £75 fines, and because they never paid them they increased.
You get fined less for smoking weed, what's the crack?
If they would have payed when they had the chance, it would have been £75 not £390.
Dilligaf2010
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10:30pm Fri 11 May 12
jellyface2 wrote:I'm guessing he added on the original fine ;)
MadMan-JaYmZ wrote:Where do you get £390 from. Add up the numbers,it's £315?!
Dilligaf2010 wrote:I don't think you read the report properly. They was both given £75 fines, and because they never paid them they increased.
You get fined less for smoking weed, what's the crack?
If they would have payed when they had the chance, it would have been £75 not £390.
LORD PETER MACVEY 0X2 6EG
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12:27am Sat 12 May 12
davyboy
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10:41am Sat 12 May 12
snert
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10:03am Mon 14 May 12
davyboy wrote:Absolutely. In fairness the majority of bins have a stubber at the top to put cigarettes out with but it is still an easy thing to put a lit cigarette into a bin full of rubbish.
although i agree with the fines in principal, why should it be just smokers who get picked on? all litter droppers should get the same treatment. however, these two shot themselves in the foot by not paying the original fines. if you drop litter and get caught, accept the fine and learn from it. if there was less litter on the streets, our council taxes could be spent on better things.
Dropping litter is a lazy thing to do, but my initial point is that this seems to be another stab of the smokers.
steve1955
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2:27pm Mon 14 May 12
A while ago a councillor wanted to stop a bicester shop owner from placing an avertising sign on the pavement any more news on that,and why has no councillor complained about estate agents signs on the bicester ring road?
LORD PETER MACVEY 0X2 6EG
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4:16pm Mon 14 May 12
steve1955 wrote:because it is easier to give a middle class smoker who won't fight back, and has not got the resources anyway, a quick ticket.
And the fine for waste bins in laybyes not being emptied is?
A while ago a councillor wanted to stop a bicester shop owner from placing an avertising sign on the pavement any more news on that,and why has no councillor complained about estate agents signs on the bicester ring road?
jellyface2
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6:12pm Mon 14 May 12
Severian
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12:58pm Sun 20 May 12
snert says...
10:28am Fri 11 May 12
What a waste of money taking them to court. CDC, well done.