A group of litterbugs have been told to pay more than £4,000.
Together, 17 people were fined £4,318 for failing to pay fixed penalty notices for littering.
The offences took place between January and February this year.
Keeping Medway tidy
Cllr Tris Osborne, Medway Council’s Portfolio Holder covering Enforcement, said: “We all have a responsibility to help keep Medway clean and tidy, and the majority of residents and visitors do exactly that. We won’t let the small minority of people ruin the hard work people put in to keep Medway tidy, and we will continue to issue fines to anybody who is caught littering in Medway.”
The 17 cases were heard at Slough Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 7 August.
- Tommy Aves, 27, of Millmead Road, Margate, was ordered to pay £254 after failing to pay a fixed penalty notice after they were seen dropping a cigarette butt at Medway Services, Gillingham, on 10 January.
- Mihaela Anreea Feraru, 27, of Livingstone Circus, Gillingham, was ordered to pay £254 after failing to pay a fixed penalty notice after they were seen dropping a cigarette butt at Medway Services, Gillingham on 28 January
- Mariusz Fraszczak, 35, of Hendon Way, London, was ordered to pay £254 after failing to pay a fixed penalty notice after they were seen dropping a cigarette butt at Medway Services, Gillingham on 1 February
- Michael Gibson, 70, of Stirling Close, Rochester, was ordered to pay £254 after failing to pay a fixed penalty notice after they were seen dropping a cigarette butt in High Street, Chatham on 4 January
- Mark Homes, 54, of Covey Hall Road, Snodland, was ordered to pay £254 after failing to pay a fixed penalty notice after they were seen dropping a cigarette butt at Medway Services, Gillingham on 23 January
- Lisa Kidd, 28, of Dunstan Avenue, Westgate on Sea, was ordered to pay £254 after failing to pay a fixed penalty notice after they were seen dropping a cigarette butt at Medway Services, Gillingham on 4 January
- Carina Mobey, 29, of Coombe Walk, Whitstable, was ordered to pay £254 after failing to pay a fixed penalty notice after they were seen dropping a cigarette butt at Medway Services, Gillingham on 24 January
- Tony Muller, of Hastings Croft, Lower Stondon, was ordered to pay £254 after failing to pay a fixed penalty notice after they were seen dropping a cigarette butt at Medway Services, Gillingham on 5 January
- Daniel Raper, 34, of Salmon Crescent, Minster on Sea, was ordered to pay £254 after failing to pay a fixed penalty notice after they were seen dropping a cigarette butt at Medway Services, Gillingham on 3 January
- Jordan Simmonett, 22, of Vauxhall Avenue, Canterbury, was ordered to pay £254 after failing to pay a fixed penalty notice after they were seen dropping a cigarette butt at Medway Services, Gillingham on 19 January
- Natasha Smith, 41, of Birling Avenue, Rainham, was ordered to pay £254 after failing to pay a fixed penalty notice after they were seen dropping a cigarette butt outside the park in De Mere Close, Rainham on 20 January
- Peter Snook, 69, of Manley Road, Bursledon, was ordered to pay £254 after failing to pay a fixed penalty notice after they were seen dropping a cigarette butt at Medway Services, Gillingham on 21 January
- James Speedie, 47, of Avon Crescent, Glassford, was ordered to pay £254 after failing to pay a fixed penalty notice after they were seen dropping a cigarette butt at Medway Services, Gillingham on 27 January
- Roger Thomson, 53, of Luton Road, Chatham, was ordered to pay £254 after failing to pay a fixed penalty notice after they were seen dropping a cigarette butt in Railway Street, Chatham on 4 January
- Karmen White, 40, of Mary Court, Chatham, was ordered to pay £254 after failing to pay a fixed penalty notice after they were seen dropping a cigarette butt in Richard Street, Chatham on 4 January
- Stephen Wooster, 48, of Addiscombe Gardens, Margate, was ordered to pay £254 after failing to pay a fixed penalty notice after they were seen dropping a cigarette butt at Medway Services, Gillingham on 26 January
- Ladislav Zubko, 32, of High Street, Chatham, was ordered to pay £254 after failing to pay a fixed penalty notice after they were seen dropping a cigarette butt at outside a car park in Railway Street, Chatham on 4 January
The Environmental Protection Act 1990 allows for authorised officers to issue fixed penalty notices on any land the public has access to. Our contracted litter enforcement agents patrol across Medway including in the area’s high streets, greenspaces, supermarket car parks and other areas which have high levels of littering.