Man prepared to go to court over £500 fine for putting rubbish next to wheelie bin
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
by Ross McGuinness, Yahoo News
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.
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