Not sure this is in the right place..

Basically i got grbbed by the ciggie brigade jut before chritmas. Theyve fined me for PUTTING MY CIGARETTE IN THE BIN!!!

When they grabbed me he insisted it didnt go in the bin. It did . The fine hs come through today- £75. I have 14 dys to pay it. Im on £100 a week. I get no benefits. How am i supposed to pay this?:?

The best thing to do would be to contact the Council (details of the correct dept should have been printed on or enclosed with the fine) and explain the situation and ask if they can extend the deadline or if you can agree a payment schedule. Not sure if they can do either of these things but it's worth asking.

You would also have to contact them if you want to dispute the fine.

There are no contact details and no details of any appeal process. My cousin tried to extend the payments and was told no. She then ended up oweing over 300 in charges and had balifs banging on the door!!

its not a fine its a fixed penalty , so was there a court hearing etc or did the Council just send a baliff , answers are important , to what actually happened and what received in writing

you said > Theyve fined me for PUTTING MY CIGARETTE IN THE BIN!!!

they you say your cousin tried to extend payment > She then ended up oweing over 300 in charges and had balifs banging on the door!!

so why were Baliffs going to her

Its not that complicated. My cousin had a fine of her own a while ago...now i have one..

mention of what happen to your cousin threw it out a bit, however

time to get the experts to look at this for you ,

baliffs can only turn up once a court order is produced , otherwise its a debt collector with no more power than any man in the street

if you state you put it in the Bin , what are they stating ? you didnt , then you have the right to challenge their story

it just says

"I have recieved evidence that on the 07th December you were seen to drop litter in Prince Alfred Road

I have considered the evidence and decided it is a suitable case for prosecution. However, before comencing proceedings in the Magistrates Court i am offering you the oppurtunity to pay a fixed penalty in respect of this alleged offence"

Then it waffles on about how to pay.

"If you pay within 14 days no further action will be taken"

"you should not pay the penalty if you do not beleive you are guilty of the offence of dropping litter. If you want advise you should consult a solicitor. PLease note that i am unable to advise you what you should do as any advise i gove would be seen as biased"

then later on it says " offence are as follows: deposited cigarette onto the ground"

the choice now is yours, if you want to fight it , if as you say you put it in the bin,

important fact you say they "grabbed you" did they actually lay their hands on you , as they CANNOT do this , it is an assult they have no powers of arrest etc, and if they did claim to arrest you then you should have been notified of your rights under PACE, all they can ask you is for your name and address etc, which is your choice if you wanted to give it, so you may have a case of assult against their staff, they wont want that going to court etc

your choice is either to pay the PENALTY ( if they have used the word FINE they are in trouble ) or you fight it in the fact you clain you put it in the bin,

might help you if you ask the member JonCris to have a look at this for you

No they didnt physically grab me. They did however "caution" me and read me my rights like the way the police would prior to arresting you. Which seems odd seeing as they cant. Id literally just been into the council to complain about the fact they think im entitled to zero benefits. Its almost as if they followed me.

Either it went in the bin or it didn't. At the time when they claimed that it didn't go in the bin, did they point to it and say 'there it is'?

What is this 'evidence' they have?

No they didnt and i havnt seen any evidence apart from them saying i threw it on the floor on the letter which i didnt.