Three fined for littering with cigarette butts in the town centre
THREE people have been fined for littering with cigarette ends in the town centre last summer.
Two people were fined £100 by magistrates in Basingstoke Crown Court after it was proved in their absence that they had each deposited litter, a cigarette butt, in Bridge Street - one in July and the other in September.
They were also ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £70 court costs.
A third person was also found guilty in absence of littering with a cigarette end in High Street in August.
They were fined £50 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £20 court costs.
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