Mike4 wrote:Given your friend denies liability and also has a string of mitigating reasons anyway (is a retired nurse, was gonna pick it up later, etc), but also an arguable reason to plead not guilty (i.e. the council jobsworth's evidence is fabricated), she should choose the "legal action" route in order to state her case before the magistrates. If found guilty, options to appeal will become available.
Just my view of it as an experienced barrack room lawyer
I see it very differently. "retired nurse" - irrelevant. "gonna pick it up later" - far-fetched, to say the least, and irrelevant anyway, it was litter in the meantime.
"council jobsworth" - authorised representative doing their job (which, if not done, would lead to more litter on the streets and surely nobody here would want that).
Scott.