Litter lout

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An angry motorist who screwed up a £30 parking ticket and threw it at a police community support officer has been fined £850 - for littering.

Timothy Sawyer, 64, was slapped with the penalty notice by a PCSO when he parked his Ford Fiesta on a single yellow line in the market town of Horncastle, Lincolnshire, in July last year.

A court heard Sawyer screwed the ticket up into a ball and threw it at the officer telling him: 'I will f****** well park here.'

He then drove off down the high street, leaving the £30 fine lying in the road.

Sawyer refused to pay the charge within seven days and turned down several requests from East Lindsey District Council (ELDC) for the money.

He was charged with a littering offence but failed to appear at Skegness Magistrates Court last Thursday.

The case proceeded in his absence and found him guilty of littering after hearing evidence from Police Community Support Officer Keith Briggs and a council enforcement officer.

Sawyer, who had indicated a not guilty plea in a letter presented to the court, was fined £200, ordered to pay costs of £637.61 as well as a £15 victim surcharge.

Prosecutor Beverley Dawes described Sawyer as aggressive and belligerent when he was approached by PCSO Briggs at the time of the offence.

She said the officer asked Sawyer whether he owned a disability permit, which would have allowed him to park on the yellow line, but was told: 'I haven't got a f****** badge.'

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She said the officer asked Sawyer whether he owned a disability permit, which would have allowed him to park on the yellow line, but was told: 'I haven't got a f****** badge.'

Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!