Noreen Chambers, of Burlington Road, Thornton Heath, failed to attend Camberwell Green Magistrates Court on January 12 and a sentence was passed in her absence.
She was ordered to pay more than £3,500 due to the mountain of waste that had been building up and spilling out into the road outside her home since October 2015.
They shouldn't have been surprised at her non-attendance, mind you...
The local authority issued her with a Community Protection Warning in November 2015, requiring her to clear up the mess by December.
In February last year, when she had still failed to reply or to clean up the rubbish, which was still accumulating, and the council served a community protection notice on the property.
Following this Ms Chambers did contact the council to request an extension allowing her until March to clear the site, which was granted.
But she still failed to take any action to clear the site and officers confirmed through visits to the property that not only was rubbish still heaped in the garden, it was now spilling out onto the pavement and the kerb.
In April she failed to attend an interview with the council and after efforts to engage with her and resolve the issue informally, Croydon Council commenced legal proceedings.
Chances of ever seeing a penny? Slim to none.
" February last year, when she had still failed to reply or to clean up the rubbish"
ReplyDeleteOk, you got me. I was expecting "...because she's been dead since 1997".
Perhaps your expectations were correct, BD, except only from the neck up.
ReplyDeleteStill looks a lot less offensive that most of the 'art installations' David Thompson posts about!
ReplyDelete"Perhaps your expectations were correct, BD, except only from the neck up."
ReplyDeleteSNORK!
"Still looks a lot less offensive that most of the 'art installations' David Thompson posts about!"
One does wonder why Croydon Council didn't just enter her for the Turner Prize!