Litter fine

Kordelia

Hi, I am new in the forum, Hi everyone, I need an advice, yesterday I have received a ticket for littering. Stopped at tesco parking, left my car, with a paper  half full tea  in my hand, opened the boots to take 3 empty shopping  bags, I left carefully my cup of tea next to my car to have free hands, grabbed my bags, closed the boots and went towards the shop, simply forgot to take my tea, 10 sec latter a council officer has came to me. He told me that he is going to give me a ticket, 150 fine for dropping a litter. At the beginning I was thinking it is a joke, after few minutes of polite conversation with him he told that he is going to call the police, I was so shocked, I gave him my details and he gave me a ticket living me extremely shocked. 
can you help me?
what can I now?
Its ridiculous
still can not believe what had happened!!
thanks

Le_Kirk

You've landed in the parking tickets section of the forum.  Not sure where you would go for help but on the ticket, is there somewhere you can appeal?   
There is advice (after a fashion) here: -
https://www.gov.uk/pay-challenge-fine-environmental-offence

Coupon-mad

That sort of thing is as appalling as private parking charges.

I'd fight it, saying you had just put your tea down next to your car. It was neither discarded, dripped nor litter and the predatory fine in these circumstances is draconian.

Having said that, I've no idea how appeals against these draconian fines generally pan out.

Half_way

My understanding is that if- as a warden and you see someone drop litter then you should give the person who dropped it the chance to pick it up - and only if they refuse issue a ticket.

 Where bouts was this?

Littering is one of my pet hates - however that is littering where the intention is to deliberately dump something somewhere where it doesn't belong be that a fag end tossed out of the window, or a take away, crisp packets and so on not a genuine mistake - and having said that  how does the warden know that you did not intend to recover the tea when you returned?

Theres some advice here : https://www.gov.uk/pay-challenge-fine-environmental-offence