Motorist fined after CCTV captures him chucking McDonald's food bag out of car window in Grimsby

                                        

The littering incident was captured on CCTV

A MAN has been fined for throwing litter - thought to be a McDonald's brown bag - out of a car window on a Grimsby street.

North East Lincolnshire Council's CCTV system captured the incident on Park Street.

Following investigation by the Environmental Enforcement Team, the man was identified and issued a £150 fine for breach of Section 87 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

A fine was issued and was paid in full a few days later. 

Those who do not pay the fine can be summoned to court as part of the Single Justice Procedure (SJP).

This allows magistrates’ courts to deal with minor offences  efficiently and quickly.

The man has not been named.

NELC cabinet member Cllr Ron Shepherd (Con, Scartho) commented: "Littering is not something the council take lightly -  this incident is the perfect example. 

"The authority will not tolerate anyone flouting the law."

                                       

Cllr Shepherd - tough approach to lawbreakers