A man has been ordered to pay almost £1000 after throwing a cigarette end down the drain in South Gloucestershire.
Naresh Mahay, 30, of Fairview Road in Kingswood, was found guilty in his absence after failing to appear at Bristol Magistrates Court on Monday, August 8. He was fined £220 and was ordered to pay £34 victim surcharge, along with costs of £745, making a total of £999.
The court heard that on March 11, 2022, South Gloucestershire Council’s Street Enforcement Officers were on uniform patrol in Regent Street, Kingswood when they saw Mahay standing outside a betting shop smoking a cigarette.
