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"If you drop litter, we will come after you."

That was the message from Councillor Sally Haydon, Cabinet member for Customer Focus and Community Safety, after eight more litter louts appeared before Plymouth Magistrates Court on Monday.

Each were ordered to pay £384 having been witnessed dropping litter by the Council’s environmental enforcement officers.

Yet more littering offenders have been before Plymouth Magistrates Court this week.

On Monday, nine defendants were found guilty in their absence and ordered to pay £454.

The court heard how all of the offenders were given fixed penalty notices by the Council’s environmental enforcement officers, who witnessed them dropping litter on the city’s streets.

A man who dumped a pile of rubbish in a St Budeaux back lane has been ordered to pay over £1,000.

Tristan Harper, 53, of Higher Efford Road, appeared before Plymouth Magistrates Court on Monday to answer for his crimes.

The court heard how in November 2019 Harper had been borrowing a garage from a friend in Evelyn Street.

Even during a global pandemic and a tough time for the night time economy, businesses, staff and partners have ensured Plymouth’s nightlife remains vibrant, exciting and safe - and we’re flying the purple flag again to prove it!

The ‘Purple Flag’ accreditation is given to cities and towns that meet or surpass the standards of excellence in managing its evening and night-time economy.

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