Three Bolton residents have been ordered to pay a total of £3,431 for dumping their household waste. All three were convicted in their absence at Bolton Magistrates court on Monday, October 30 after failing to pay fixed penalty notices.
Kelly Mort of Earnshaw Street, Daubhill, was convicted of littering after dumping bin bags of waste in the back street of her home address. Mort was fined £200 and ordered to pay an £80 victim surcharge and £836 in costs. Ward was fined £200 and ordered to pay an £80 victim surcharge and £893 in costs. Garry Parker, Bolton Council’s assistant director for environment and regulatory services, said: “Most people take pride in the place they live and don’t litter.