Man fined for letting his wheelie bin overflow- has the world gone totally bonkers?

This story has been all over the news today.

Father fined for overflowing bin (BBC NEWS):

A father of four has been left with a criminal record for overflowing his wheelie bin by just four inches. Gareth Corkhill, of Whitehaven, Cumbria, was fined £110.

“First I heard of it was from a neighbour who said someone had taken a picture of my wheelie bin, so I thought nothing of it…

“Two days later, two enforcement officers wearing stab vests read my rights and issued me with an on-the-spot fine.”

Read the rest.

This is the most ridiculous thing that has been done to somebody who has tried to stay within the law. It’s one thing being fined for not recycling, but to receive a criminal record? No doubt many people blame the local council for being over-zealous with their enforcement, but surely the real culprits in this sorry affair are the government, because they insist on passing such laws without thinking of the potential consequences. There are more important things that they could be doing without creating more avoidable problems.

Posted on April 22, 2008 by . This entry was posted in General, This is Stupid. Bookmark the permalink.

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  • Wheelie Bin
    April 9, 2010 - 10:51 am | Permalink

    This is “councils” on steroids, what happened to “working for us” ethos but it all seems to be the other way around these days. When did they adopt the them against us attitude.

    Does anyone know if the cumbrian county council lost any of our hard earned money in the iceland scandal, if so they should be doing everything to placate the council tax payers , or so you would think !!

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