Litter Fine

[Malone76]

Hi,
I was in the town center today and as i stood outside a shop eating my sandwich i noticed a pigeon hobbling past me looking for food. I felt a bit sorry for him so i threw him a piece of bread which he ate. Within 30 seconds i had an enforcement officer come over and tell me he was issuing me with a £150 for littering. I was absolutely gobsmacked and initially refused to give my details over. He said that would be an offence which would incur an extra fine plus he would call the police so i gave him my name and address. He then issued me with a fixed penalty notice and i left. After arriving home i have noticed on the ticket that he has written the time as 01.48. Now he hasn't written AM or PM so im treating the time as a 24 hour clock in which case he is stating the offence was committed in the early hours of the morning which is completely wrong. Can i challenge this on the grounds that the offence(if you can even call it that) did not occur at the time written.
thank you

I highly doubt the police would have come over someone feeding a pigeon...think there is a lot more going on at the moment and they are tad busy.

Not quite sure that excuses law breaking. But if it does ... I've got places to be...

Is the fine reduced if you pay within a certain amount of time? There may be details of how to appeal but check that if you do and loose that you don't loose the discount.

@ProfessorSlocombe I wasn’t saying it was right breaking the law just meant at this time there is way too much going on for the police to come out.

...and to be honest I only recently found out pigeon feeding was breaking the law I knew litter dropping was

I wasn’t saying it was right breaking the law just meant at this time there is way too much going on for the police to come out.

I thought that was the normal state of affairs ....

@rose69

No there is no reduction just a straight fine. No chance to appeal only to email the council if you want to say anything.

Pigeons are basically just vermin, you really shouldn't be feeding them. You shouldn't feed seagulls either, FYI. Sorry you got caught out though, as you obviously didn't know.