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Cigarette fines rise to nearly £500 after Bristol pair miss court date  

Two Bristol residents who dropped cigarettes in the street and failed to pay a fixed term penalty now have to pay nearly £500 each.

A street scene enforcement officer separately issued two residents (in Broad Walk and in the Centre) with a £75 fine, which allows fourteen days to pay.

Neither paid and the cases were taken to the Bristol Magistrates' Court last week. Neither turned up at court but each was fined £350, plus £120 costs and a £15 victim surcharge.

A taxi driver, in an earlier case this month, refused to give his details to the street scene enforcement officer. He has been fined £550 plus costs because of his offence and for withholding his name and address.

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