Man fined £300 for second dog fouling conviction

Stepping in dog mess is never pleasant for anyone, and thankfully most dog owners are responsible enough to clean up after their pets when taking them for walks.
Not so Jeffrey Griggs, from Hodge Lea in Buckinghamshire, who has been convicted of letting his dogs foul in an open place for the second time in three months.
His dogs were spotted defecating on a grassy area by a Police Community Support Officer (PSCO), who slapped a £50 fixed penalty on the repeat offender when he made no attempt to clean it up.
Griggs, 44, never paid the fine and was brought before Milton Keynes magistrates instead, where he admitted the offence and was fined £100. Magistrates also ordered him to pay £200 costs to the council.
But this was not the first time magistrates punished him for leaving dog mess behind – in November last year he was convicted in his absence under the Dogs (fouling of land) Act 1996 for a similar incident in April.
Milton Keynes Council took the opportunity to warn other would-be negligent dogwalkers that anyone found to not have cleaned up after their dog answers the call of nature would face similar punishment.

Tags: courts, Dog fouling, legal services, Magistrates, solicitors