Richmond-Upon-Thames Council has now said said it had cancelled the fine as it was “likely” that Ms Yesilyurt’s appeal would have been successful.
Sounds like everyone involved knows this is a stupid law.
We are committed to protecting Richmond’s waterways
Wouldn’t want all that street runoff - full of dirt, oil, animal droppings, and who knows what else - to be contaminated by a little caffeine.
Well, can’t have the sewage rats going all hyper or something.
How do the asshole enforcement officers sleep at night when they pull such petty shit?
wait… so what are the road gulleys for if not for liquid? are they for disposing of arby’s foiled wrappers?
motor oil
Can’t contaminate the motor oil, soot, rubber, broken glass, microplastics, litter, and accidentally-spilled coffee with purposely-spilled coffee! I hope the enforcement officers didn’t damage their pearls, or let them slip into the drain, from all that clutching.
More seriously, this smacks of citation quotas to me.
