Pendle News Room

A man found guilty of abandoning his vehicle in a Nelson street has been fined £1,150 in court.

In the same week a woman was fined £1,035 for dumping waste in the town.

Both had failed to pay fixed penalties issued to them.

The separate cases against Xhevit Goliku, of Castlefield Street, Stoke-on-Trent and Terri Holden, of Chapel House Road, Nelson were successfully brought to court by Pendle Borough Council.

Xhevit Goliku’s transit van was reported abandoned on Derby Street, Nelson after it was found unlocked and with smashed windows and flat tyres.

A notice was placed on the vehicle and the van was removed three days later.

A fixed penalty of £200 was sent to Xhevit Goliku and on March 23 a court hearing found him guilty in his absence.

He was fined £660 and ordered to pay £340 costs and £150 compensation.

In the same week, Terri Holden, of Chapel House Road, Nelson was fined £1,035 for persistently dumping bags of household waste on a back street.

She was issued a fixed penalty notice for breaching a community protection notice under the Anti- Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014 and ordered to pay £150.

Her failure to pay meant her crime was referred to Burnley Magistrates’ Court.

In her absence she was found guilty of dumping waste in the Walverden area of Nelson and fined £660 and ordered to pay court costs of £375.   

David Walker, Environmental Services Manager, explained: 

“Both of these cases prove that we take environmental crime seriously.

“By failing to pay the initial £200 penalty, Xhevit Goliku now finds himself with a charge of £1,150 and similarly, Terri Holden’s fine has gone up from £150 to £1,035.

“We act on information provided to us about abandoned vehicles and dumped waste straight away and I’d like to thank staff who’ve been involved in these cases.

“I’m pleased that these two cases have led to successful prosecutions, and they demonstrate how seriously environmental crimes are looked on by the courts."

If you see an abandoned vehicle, report it to us www.pendle.gov.uk/abandonedvehicle 

To report littering and fly tipping visit the Council’s website www.pendle.gov.uk/doitonline

These are the latest prosecutions brought by the Council in a clampdown on littering, fly tipping and abandoned vehicles.