Icecream Snow 775 Posted February 28 https://www.aol.co.uk/news/man-prepared-court-over-500-151440352.html A man who was fined £500 for putting rubbish bags next to his wheelie bin has said he would rather go to court than pay up. Ben Riley, 28, left four black bags next to his own bin on 3 January outside his back garden gate in Ipswich, Suffolk, after getting mixed up with the collection dates. The rubbish wasn't due to be collected for another six days and his blue bin was full. On 13 February, the father of one received a fixed penalty notice for putting the black bags next to his bin. He appealed the £500 fine but was told it had been rejected last Thursday, and while Ipswich Borough Council have now extended the early payment period and reduced the fine to £250, Riley says he would rather go to court than pay. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 7,445 Posted February 28 Binners bin causing rubbish fine! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bigbrenn 71 Posted February 28 Lifting the lid on local litterers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Satriales 834 Posted February 28 Collection dates are pretty confusing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stratton canary 157 Posted February 28 (edited) Christ, if you've ever been into 1p5wich town centre the whole place is full of rubbish bags, especially the town end of Norwich Road! Edited February 28 by stratton canary Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheBaldOne66 768 Posted February 29 So basically he refused to put his refuse in the right place? Maybe he couldn’t find his way to bin HQ 🤣🤣 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BroadstairsR 2,272 Posted February 29 (edited) I am in the habit of taking a cycle ride in the countryside quite regularly during the Summer months. One spot is a fly-tippers paradise. It is rarely possible to pass it without seeing piles of the stuff. Mattresses, fridges, the lot. It has been an occurrence for years. Not a camera in sight. This poor chap gets £500 for a simple mistake. Burglars get less. It must be hard enough living in Ipswich without having to put up with this injustice. Easy pickings as usual, like the motorist who is fined for parking in the wrong place at the wrong time, when making a drop-off for less than a minute or two, because there is no space elsewhere ... as I was last year. Society depends upon people keeping to the rules, for sure, but it also depends upon fair treatment of those who overstep the mark slightly. Edited February 29 by BroadstairsR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lake district canary 4,689 Posted February 29 Yes, a bit like shoppers getting a demand for £100 for daring to be five minutes more than an hour and a half in a shop, as my wife was a couple of weeks ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BobLoz3 581 Posted February 29 I don't even have a black bin anymore! One of the wheels was slightly broken and I'm quite sure it was just taken away by the bin men without any kind of notice. The council wants me to pay for a new one and I've refused that too! Wasn't my decision for it to go missing so off to the neighbours bins I go 😂 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paint Me Yellow 200 Posted February 29 15 hours ago, stratton canary said: Christ, if you've ever been into 1p5wich town centre the whole place is full of rubbish bags, especially the town end of Norwich Road! Much like Portman Road on a matchday 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daly 532 Posted February 29 Or getting fined £220 for having a letter 1 cm to close to other on number plate yet 2 police officers involved in hit and run accident almost got away with crime The laws an **** Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daly 532 Posted February 29 You can’t say A S S Has the person who runs the site not heard of Charles Dickens Think Mr Bumble Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 10,691 Posted February 29 You can't get dimmer than a thick, fat binner. "I'm going to make some death threats to a politician." "How you going to do that?" "By ringing the Suffolk cop shop." https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/24147140.sadiq-khan-death-threat-ipswich-man-admits-two-offences/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
