More environmental offenders have been ordered to pay hundreds of pounds after their cases went before Plymouth Magistrates Court on Monday.
Firstly, the court heard how 15 offenders has been witnessed dropping or leaving litter on the streets of Plymouth by a Council environmental enforcement officer.
They were all handed Fixed Penalty Notices for £100 at the time of the offence. But following several reminders, the FPNs went unpaid and they were summonsed to court.
Of the 15, only one attended court, but they were all found guilty.
The Magistrates ordered 12 to pay a £220 fine, plus costs of £200 and a victim surcharge of £34.
Two must pay the £220 fine, £100 in costs and a victim surcharge of £34 having previously engaged with Council officers.
Another, who attended their hearing, must pay a £40 fine, costs of £25 and a £34 victim surcharge because of reduced means.
All 15 defendants will now carry a criminal record.
Also before the same court on Monday were two people who had failed to keep their dogs on a lead in a dogs on lead area. One incident took place in Pounds Park, the other in Houndiscombe Park.
Like the litterers, their offences were witnessed by a Council officer who issued them with a fixed penalty notice. When it was unpaid, the case was brought to court.
Both defendants were found guilty in their absence and ordered to pay a £220 fine, £200 in costs and a victim surcharge of £34.
Councillor Maddi Bridgeman, Cabinet member for the Environment and Street Scene, said: "The laws are very simple - don't drop litter and put your dogs on leads in marked areas. They're not difficult to follow and most people manage it.
"Cases like this prove that if you're not prepared to follow the law, it will catch up with you and it will cost you."