One pack of cheesy puffs costs litterbug £534 (From Borehamwood Times)
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Bag of cheesy puffs costs Keeley Patrick £534 for littering in Shenley Road, Borehamwood
3:01pm Monday 12th November 2012 in News By Anna Slater
A packet of crisps does not usually cost more than £1 – but one woman ended up paying more than £500 for her savoury snack.
Keeley Patrick, of Croxdale Road, Borehamwood, was fined £534 for emptying half a bag of cheesy puffs onto the pavement in Shenley Road in July this year.
When a policeman caught her in the act and demanded she pick it up, she became verbally abusive and walked away.
The 24-year-old, who handed the remaining packet to a child in a pushchair, was then handed a fixed penalty notice for £75 at an address in Borehamwood later in the day.
But when she failed to pay it, officials at Hertsmere Borough Council extended her deadline and ordered her to appear at Watford Magistrates Court on Friday, November 9.
She failed to turn up and the case was proved in her absence. She was fined £200 with costs of £319 and a mandatory victim surcharge of £15.
Councillor Jean Heywood, portfolio holder for environment, said: “There is no excuse for dropping litter and everyone should take responsibility for their own rubbish.
“You can either use the bins provided or take it home with you. We work hard to keep our streets clean and want everyone to respect the area, and take pride in their community.”
Are you Keeley Patrick? Phone the newsdesk on 07795 223 610.
Comments(50)
matt-dye
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7:56am Tue 13 Nov 12
jayne collins
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10:14pm Tue 13 Nov 12
donna ....
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10:27pm Tue 13 Nov 12
jayne collins
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10:28pm Tue 13 Nov 12
jayne collins
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10:29pm Tue 13 Nov 12
matt-dye
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2:51am Wed 14 Nov 12
jayne collins wrote:all you pikeys stick together, why is posting at 07:76 anyworse than posting at 22:14 again at 22:28 and yet again at 22:29 and you accuse me of having nothing better to do!! Idiot
for 1 matt she isnt a **** and you obviously need to get a life if u have nothing better to do at 7 56 am on a tuesday morning commenting on things you know nothing about . do u always believe evreything you read in the papers .......
Neiltheboss
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9:29am Wed 14 Nov 12
jayne collins
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4:28pm Wed 14 Nov 12
TFEB
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6:04pm Wed 14 Nov 12
Badly brought up kids like this cannot have it all their way and pick and choose which laws they abide by.
Wood piece
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6:32pm Wed 14 Nov 12
Shes a Gobby Chav whos always been in trouble , people like this actually waste police time
And not turning up for court really proves her innocence lol
WelFunny
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7:33pm Wed 14 Nov 12
studio 70
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9:06pm Wed 14 Nov 12
jayne collins wrote:Feeding the birds in the high street!!!!
Its not the case of mums always stick up for there kids its what's right and wrong and being fined for feeding the birds with wotsits is hardley littering it was quite a wet day in july and if the birds hadn't eaten them all the rain would of disintergrated them the police officer needs to get a life and catch real criminals
Littering and being lazy more like, if you want to feed the birds go to the park or your garden, dont feed them wotsits in the high street, this is moronic at best. its all to do with the someone else will sort it out attitude. someone else will clean it up, pay for it, fix it, take care of it for me. The police officer has got a life and a job and that is what they were doing, perhaps your daughter should have turned up at court??
pathetic excuses and pathetic parenting. if any of my kids done this I would make them pick all the mess up and apologise to the officer
jayne collins
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9:54pm Wed 14 Nov 12
My reason for commenting at this time of night is because im just home from WORK .........
jayne collins
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9:58pm Wed 14 Nov 12
jayne collins
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10:02pm Wed 14 Nov 12
jayne collins
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10:10pm Wed 14 Nov 12
WelFunny
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10:12pm Wed 14 Nov 12
jayne collins
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10:24pm Wed 14 Nov 12
donna ....
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11:06pm Wed 14 Nov 12
jayne collins
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11:10pm Wed 14 Nov 12
donna .... wrote:well said two faced low life scum bags .
wow is this really front page !!!! was there not a murder in borehamwood this week ? or is that not juicy enough gossip for your readers !? amazingly this reminds me of why i moved out of borehamwood all those years ago .... im guessing all these people that are making their derogatory comments are possibly so called friends of this young lady or her parents but dont have the balls to put a name to their alias ! same old borehamwood ! backstabbers spring to mind !!
donna ....
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11:13pm Wed 14 Nov 12
jayne collins
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11:16pm Wed 14 Nov 12
donna .... wrote:or even a parent.
and im presuming welfunny is the perfect parent from the comments ??? very doubtful !
studio 70
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11:45pm Wed 14 Nov 12
Jayne Collins you are amazing, I am in awe of your stupidity, not only did your daughter litter, she then failed to pay the fine and didnt turn up in court; if she had a good case against the fine she could have contested it; but better to ignore it eh?
Yes a park is also a public place but perhaps it is a more suitable place to throw the birds a few tit bits, unlike the high street, which in case you or your daughter are in any doubt is also unsuitable for flying kites, sunbathing, playing football and having picnics. Drinking Buckfast and comparing tattoos should not be done in either the high street or the park.
Anyway I am putting rule 5 into play now; it goes something like..."never argue with an idiot, people wont be able to tell the difference"
jayne collins
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11:58pm Wed 14 Nov 12
studio 70
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12:14am Thu 15 Nov 12
jayne collins wrote:do you mean balls?
Still won't say who u r though will u if your goin to slag people have the b......s to put your name to it idiot
What do you want my name for, wouldn't change anything..or do you and chavy daughter want to come to my place and hurl abuse at me too and cover my lawn in wotsits?
Get back to your vodka and hello mag or big brother or whatever pathetic pursuits you have and wind your neck in, your daughter was banged to rights. This defence of your daughter is like gary glitter defending jimmy saville..
mr.taxpayer
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9:36am Thu 15 Nov 12
studio 70 wrote:I agree, real names have nothing to do with the fact that YOUR chavvy daughter was thick enough to drop litter in front of the police, and then thick enough to not pay the fine and ignore the courts.
jayne collins wrote:do you mean balls?
Still won't say who u r though will u if your goin to slag people have the b......s to put your name to it idiot
What do you want my name for, wouldn't change anything..or do you and chavy daughter want to come to my place and hurl abuse at me too and cover my lawn in wotsits?
Get back to your vodka and hello mag or big brother or whatever pathetic pursuits you have and wind your neck in, your daughter was banged to rights. This defence of your daughter is like gary glitter defending jimmy saville..
Sounds like the leaf didn't fall far from the tree in this family...
It's exactly YOUR kind of parenting that makes Borehamwood the chavvy dump that it is nowadays.
jayne collins
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9:48am Thu 15 Nov 12
jayne collins
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10:02am Thu 15 Nov 12
TFEB
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10:23am Thu 15 Nov 12
Obviously the police knew where to go to find her. That says it all.
WelFunny
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10:42am Thu 15 Nov 12
jayne collins wrote:And I'll bet you have never poked your nose into anyone else's business before! It's a crime that has been commited that paints this town in a bad picture, the people if this town deserve to speak their mind of Chavy wrongdoers. Want to keep out of the papers, keep your nose clean and don't act the prat when authority pulls you up. Behave like a spoilt brat and the authorities/papers will make an example of you, it's not rocket science.
anyway im not commenting on this anymore u can all say what u like dont give a s..t what any of u think your just a load of very nosy people this is what u do evrey week look at the borehamwood website and comment on evrey story cos u have nothing better to do in your life go and get a job or do some unpaid work if your that bored very sad sad lives u lead now BORE OFF
LadyTeacup
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11:24am Thu 15 Nov 12
very very much.
punky47
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2:50pm Thu 15 Nov 12
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mr.taxpayer
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4:38pm Thu 15 Nov 12
jayne collins wrote:Mother of the year award 2012 goes to..
anyway im not commenting on this anymore u can all say what u like dont give a s..t what any of u think your just a load of very nosy people this is what u do evrey week look at the borehamwood website and comment on evrey story cos u have nothing better to do in your life go and get a job or do some unpaid work if your that bored very sad sad lives u lead now BORE OFF
eric 2
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8:19am Fri 16 Nov 12
Neiltheboss
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8:58am Fri 16 Nov 12
laurie
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11:19am Fri 16 Nov 12
She was the first girl and only the third person in Borehamwood in 2005 at the tender age of 16 to be issued with an asbo,after being convicted of anti social behaviour and assaulting a police officer
She had problems going back to 2001 according to the archives of this news paper.
So in comparison a packet of cheesey puffs fades into insignificance.
I was a troubled teen and I know how once the authorities have you on thier radar that they pick on you,my advice is to move away from this hole an make a new start xxxxxx.
TFEB
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7:10pm Fri 16 Nov 12
jayne collins
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11:24pm Fri 16 Nov 12
TFEB wrote:Y don't u lot **** off
I hope the 13 month old child does not end up the same.
WelFunny
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11:27pm Fri 16 Nov 12
jayne collins
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5:05am Sat 17 Nov 12
WelFunny wrote:Your enough to make any1 swear u know all know nothin nosey got nothin better to do in your life but slag other people off about things u no nothing about just wish I knew who u are seeing as u no me so well the next time u c me u can say this all to my face yeah right don't think u will do u. That's y u go by the silly name of well funny cos u aint got no **** lol lol lol **** loser
I don't know where the kid gets it from!
studio 70
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8:27am Sat 17 Nov 12
laurie wrote:Well I do have some sympathy, the police can be over enthusiastic in pursuing troubled induviduals, I know this to my cost, I dont know what the police in Borehamwood are like now, in my day they were complete nightmares and would goad and bully you if you were an easy collar. That said by 20 years old I had learnt to play their game and be compliant towards them and a bit of yes sir no mam and they left you alone (didnt stop me thinking they were **** but they went away happy and I went about my largely innocent business).
Give the poor girl a break,it seems to me that she has turned her life around. She was the first girl and only the third person in Borehamwood in 2005 at the tender age of 16 to be issued with an asbo,after being convicted of anti social behaviour and assaulting a police officer She had problems going back to 2001 according to the archives of this news paper. So in comparison a packet of cheesey puffs fades into insignificance. I was a troubled teen and I know how once the authorities have you on thier radar that they pick on you,my advice is to move away from this hole an make a new start xxxxxx.
Keeley, at 24 yo and with a 13 month old to care for, just play the game, you owe it to your daughter, your mum obviously cares about you and just is a bit misguided in her blind support of you, maybe a few hard hitting facts would have straightened you up by now. You have been an idiot in this case but dont let it shape the rest of your 20's, buckle down, and stop involving yourself in confrontation with authority- only YOU will lose and by default your 13mth daughter. Have some self pride and self respect not this false respect people all to readily talk about these days.
mr.taxpayer
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9:03am Sun 18 Nov 12
jayne collins wrote:Oh... Your 'well ard' Mrs Collins.
WelFunny wrote:Your enough to make any1 swear u know all know nothin nosey got nothin better to do in your life but slag other people off about things u no nothing about just wish I knew who u are seeing as u no me so well the next time u c me u can say this all to my face yeah right don't think u will do u. That's y u go by the silly name of well funny cos u aint got no **** lol lol lol **** loser
I don't know where the kid gets it from!
Threatening people online and in the street huh? What a great example to your chavvy daughter and grandchild.
You are just the sort of embarassing parasite that drags Borehamwood down.
You can't even string a sentence together without swearing and making yourself look like a Jermey Kyle castoff.
For your attention, the reason everyone is leaving these comments, is because YOUR daughter is a well known troublemaker and general chav and has finally got her comeuppance.
As for people being 'nosey', it's a comment section of the local paper, do you not quite understand the concept???
jayne collins
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9:34am Sun 18 Nov 12
mr.taxpayer wrote:Its kept u entertained the last few days look forward to your comments next week lol
jayne collins wrote:Oh... Your 'well ard' Mrs Collins.
WelFunny wrote:Your enough to make any1 swear u know all know nothin nosey got nothin better to do in your life but slag other people off about things u no nothing about just wish I knew who u are seeing as u no me so well the next time u c me u can say this all to my face yeah right don't think u will do u. That's y u go by the silly name of well funny cos u aint got no **** lol lol lol **** loser
I don't know where the kid gets it from!
Threatening people online and in the street huh? What a great example to your chavvy daughter and grandchild.
You are just the sort of embarassing parasite that drags Borehamwood down.
You can't even string a sentence together without swearing and making yourself look like a Jermey Kyle castoff.
For your attention, the reason everyone is leaving these comments, is because YOUR daughter is a well known troublemaker and general chav and has finally got her comeuppance.
As for people being 'nosey', it's a comment section of the local paper, do you not quite understand the concept???
kelvin
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9:26am Mon 19 Nov 12
The_Legend
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3:23pm Tue 20 Nov 12
The_Legend
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4:38pm Tue 20 Nov 12
Are you Borehamwood's answer to Joan Collins ?
I doubt it very much....
jayne collins
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7:05pm Tue 20 Nov 12
The_Legend wrote:asbo 9yrs ago you have obviousley been a **** all your life and no they were the real thing i dont shop in lidls darling x only the real thing for me
She is a Proper ASBO, I suspect they weren't even Wotsits but a cheap LIDL's alternative.
The_Legend
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11:34am Wed 21 Nov 12
jayne collins wrote:I'm not sure Tesco Value is classed as the real thing darling x
The_Legend wrote:asbo 9yrs ago you have obviousley been a **** all your life and no they were the real thing i dont shop in lidls darling x only the real thing for me
She is a Proper ASBO, I suspect they weren't even Wotsits but a cheap LIDL's alternative.
jayne collins
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7:01am Fri 23 Nov 12
The_Legend wrote:Get a grip ****
jayne collins wrote:I'm not sure Tesco Value is classed as the real thing darling x
The_Legend wrote:asbo 9yrs ago you have obviousley been a **** all your life and no they were the real thing i dont shop in lidls darling x only the real thing for me
She is a Proper ASBO, I suspect they weren't even Wotsits but a cheap LIDL's alternative.
The_Legend
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11:44am Mon 26 Nov 12
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