Man fined for breaching loitering order
A man caught breaching an order to prevent anti social behaviour has been told to pay more than £1,500 pounds by magistrates.
Marcel Bujor was spotted by community wardens loitering among a large group of people after being previously spoken to about his behaviour.
He walked away from the wardens after refusing to identify himself but was given a fixed penalty notice of £75 after being identified. However, he did not pay or communicate with the council and a criminal case was pursued through the courts.
Justices of the Peace sitting at Reading Magistrates’ Court on 21 February, fined Bujor £660, ordered him to pay £789.90 costs and a victim surcharge of £66, totalling £1,515.90, for failing to comply with the order.
A Public Spaces Protection Order has been in force in Chalvey since December 2018 after numerous reports of anti social behaviour. It remains in place until December 2021.
The Public Spaces Protection Order allows community wardens to ask people to move on if they believe there is a likelihood of nuisance, intimidation, harassment, alarm, distress or any other anti-social behaviour.
Cllr Mohammed Nazir, cabinet member for housing and community safety, said: “Residents in the borough have to right to go about their business without the possibility of groups causing anti social behaviour.
“The Public Spaces Protection Order is in place in Chalvey after a series of incidents and the council can act to disperse people before anything untoward occurs.
“This prosecution shows that we will we take breaches of the order seriously and continue to prosecute offenders.”
Mr Bujor, of The Crescent, Chalvey, had been spoken to by Chalvey Community Wardens on previous occasions and was aware the order was in place. However, he was recorded on body worn camera on the evening of 22 June, 2019, loitering in a group for 10 minutes at the junction of Chalvey Road West junction with Alexandra Road.
Mr Bujor was issued with a fixed penalty notice on 24 July, 2019, for failing to comply with the requirements of a Public Spaces Protection Order under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. He was offered the opportunity of discharging criminal liability for this offence by payment of £100 to be paid within 14 days, which is discounted to £75 if paid within 10 days of the notice.
No payment was made despite a reminder being issued in August 2019 and he was informed the council could decide to prosecute him for the offence of failing to comply with a Public Spaces Protection Order.
He did not appear at Reading Magistrates’ Court and the prosecution went ahead and he was convicted in his absence of failing to comply with the Public Spaces Protection Order.
Marcel Bujor was spotted by community wardens loitering among a large group of people after being previously spoken to about his behaviour.
He walked away from the wardens after refusing to identify himself but was given a fixed penalty notice of £75 after being identified. However, he did not pay or communicate with the council and a criminal case was pursued through the courts.
Justices of the Peace sitting at Reading Magistrates’ Court on 21 February, fined Bujor £660, ordered him to pay £789.90 costs and a victim surcharge of £66, totalling £1,515.90, for failing to comply with the order.
A Public Spaces Protection Order has been in force in Chalvey since December 2018 after numerous reports of anti social behaviour. It remains in place until December 2021.
The Public Spaces Protection Order allows community wardens to ask people to move on if they believe there is a likelihood of nuisance, intimidation, harassment, alarm, distress or any other anti-social behaviour.
Cllr Mohammed Nazir, cabinet member for housing and community safety, said: “Residents in the borough have to right to go about their business without the possibility of groups causing anti social behaviour.
“The Public Spaces Protection Order is in place in Chalvey after a series of incidents and the council can act to disperse people before anything untoward occurs.
“This prosecution shows that we will we take breaches of the order seriously and continue to prosecute offenders.”
Mr Bujor, of The Crescent, Chalvey, had been spoken to by Chalvey Community Wardens on previous occasions and was aware the order was in place. However, he was recorded on body worn camera on the evening of 22 June, 2019, loitering in a group for 10 minutes at the junction of Chalvey Road West junction with Alexandra Road.
Mr Bujor was issued with a fixed penalty notice on 24 July, 2019, for failing to comply with the requirements of a Public Spaces Protection Order under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. He was offered the opportunity of discharging criminal liability for this offence by payment of £100 to be paid within 14 days, which is discounted to £75 if paid within 10 days of the notice.
No payment was made despite a reminder being issued in August 2019 and he was informed the council could decide to prosecute him for the offence of failing to comply with a Public Spaces Protection Order.
He did not appear at Reading Magistrates’ Court and the prosecution went ahead and he was convicted in his absence of failing to comply with the Public Spaces Protection Order.
