Two men from Grimsby have been fined a total of \u00a3645 for cycling in an area where it is prohibited.<\/p>\n
Hearings were held at Grimsby Magistrates Court earlier this month where both men were found guilty and asked to pay the original fine along with several other costs.<\/p>\n
These fines are handed out by enforcement officers to people who are not following certain Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs). These are restrictions in place across North East Lincolnshire to make the area a safer and more welcoming place for residents and visitors.<\/p>\n
If those fines are not paid within a specified time frame then cases are progressed to court prosecutions, as is the case in this instance. Neither men appeared at court, but were convicted in their absence:<\/p>\n
David Evans, 30, of Crescent Street, Grimsby \u2013 wrote to the court indicating a guilty plea. Fine \u00a3100, victim surcharge \u00a340, costs \u00a3200 \u2013 total \u00a3340<\/p>\n
Paul Thompson, 43, of Richard Street, Grimsby \u2013 Received a fine of \u00a375, victim surcharge of \u00a330, legal costs of \u00a3200 \u2013 total \u00a3305<\/p>\n
\u201cWhilst some suggest these measures are too harsh, there are clear examples of why these PSPOs are in place\u201d, said Councillor Ron Shepherd, Portfolio Holder for Safer and Stronger Communities.<\/p>\n
In May 2024, Susan Godfrey was scarred for life by a cyclist who was not abiding by the rules. Speaking about the PSPO after recovering from her injuries, Susan said: \u201cI\u2019m the living proof of why these PSPOs are in place. If that happened to a child or someone older, they could\u2019ve been killed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just hope people will think more about what they\u2019re doing. My arm shows how important it is to not cycle down there, please, just do the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Councillor Shepherd added: \u201cWe will continue to enforce these PSPOs alongside our Days of Action and ever improving CCTV system that has aided in a multitude of incidents across the town centre, all of which has paid in to reducing crime by 5% over the past two years.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will keep amending and renewing the PSPOs to reflect the changing challenges Anti-Social Behaviour presents across the borough.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two men from Grimsby have been fined a total of \u00a3645 for cycling in an area where it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":["post-10622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}