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| Dropped Pringles lid costs Bristol man almost £500 | Dropped Pringles lid costs Bristol man almost £500 |
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| A man has been ordered to pay almost £500 in fines and costs for dropping a snack lid on the ground in Bristol. | A man has been ordered to pay almost £500 in fines and costs for dropping a snack lid on the ground in Bristol. |
| Gareth Daniel, 31, of Humberstan Walk, was seen by a PCSO dropping a Pringles lid in Lawrence Weston, in April. | |
| Bristol magistrates heard he failed to pay a £75 fixed penalty notice, so a final warning was sent, he was taken to court and the fine was upped to £200. | Bristol magistrates heard he failed to pay a £75 fixed penalty notice, so a final warning was sent, he was taken to court and the fine was upped to £200. |
| Bristol City Council said it "would not tolerate littering on any scale". Mr Daniel was also ordered to pay costs. | |
| Assistant mayor for neighbourhoods, Green councillor Gus Hoyt, said he feared the story would make front page news as a "barmy council" tale. | Assistant mayor for neighbourhoods, Green councillor Gus Hoyt, said he feared the story would make front page news as a "barmy council" tale. |
| "But the truth of the matter is no one likes people who litter and Mr Daniel was fined £75," he said. | "But the truth of the matter is no one likes people who litter and Mr Daniel was fined £75," he said. |
| "The council spends £14m a year on clearing all types of waste... a cost which inevitably falls to the taxpayer, most of whom haven't caused the mess." | "The council spends £14m a year on clearing all types of waste... a cost which inevitably falls to the taxpayer, most of whom haven't caused the mess." |
| Mr Hoyt said the community must tackle the problem of littering to "make our city a better place to live". | Mr Hoyt said the community must tackle the problem of littering to "make our city a better place to live". |
| Magistrates set costs at £278.75 and also ordered that Mr Daniel pay a £20 victim surcharge. |