A man has been ordered to pay £1,688 after a cigarette was thrown out of his car window in east London but he refused to identify the driver to authorities.
Council enforcement officers in Barking saw the driver of a grey Jeep Commander throw the cigarette onto the road on Faircross Parade on January 17 last year.
They discovered that Shaheryaar Baig was the registered owner of the car and issued him with a Driver Identification Notice two days later.
But Baig did not provide the details of the driver, despite the officer in charge of the case speaking to him about it multiple times.
The investigator even showed Baig a photo of the driver at the time of the offence.
Eventually, the case ended up at Barkingside Magistrates Court and Baig was charged with failing to comply with a Driver Identification Notice.
He pleaded guilty on January 2 this year, but the judge ordered him to pay a £300 fine, costs to Barking and Dagenham Council of £1,268 and a Victim Surcharge of £120.
Councillor Syed Ghani, Cabinet Member for Enforcement and Community Safety, said: "We take littering and dumping rubbish in Barking and Dagenham very seriously.
"This individual had every opportunity to work with our enforcement team, but he refused to do so.
"He now must pay for the consequences of his failure to comply with the Notice, an expensive lesson, which I hope he has learnt from."
A fixed penalty notice can be issued from a local council or another authority such as a national park for littering. Other environmental offences include graffiti and putting up posters without permission.
