Former Oakham Mayor and Ex Town Councillor, ABF Soldiers Charity Organiser and
Ex Tesco Employee Mr Beech, has been issued with a £80 Fine, for a offence covered by Section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986. His conduct on Remembrance Day, fell below what anyone would expect from
a ex service man.
Thank's to Oakham police for taking my complaint and another's seriously.
A lot of time has been taken up in resolving this matter, Police time and witness's time.
Lets hope this brings a long period of unpleasantness to an end, this should have ended the
day he dumped a bag of ties on the council table back in 2010. Coping with those connected
to local governance is worse than being trapped in the school playground full of bullies at times,
now lets hope this man has learnt his lesson...
at the end of the email from the police are links the third as normal does not work so
I can not give Leicestershire Police positive feedback.
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Penalty Notices for Disorder (PNDs) were provided for in s1-11 of the Criminal Justice and
Police Act 2001. They were introduced by the Government to provide the police with a quick
and effective means of dealing with low level, nuisance behaviour – often alcohol-related – that
typically occurs in city centres at night and weekends.
The offences included in the scheme are summary offences where the most likely court outcome
would be a fine.
The scheme enables the police to issue penalty notices on the spot or in a police station.
Use of PNDs removes these minor cases from the courts, significantly reducing the paperwork
a police officer needs to complete and provides an efficient means for the police to tackle minor
offences which may not previously have warranted the resources required for prosecution.
Under the scheme the police may issue a person who has committed a specified penalty offence
with a fixed penalty notice. The recipient then has 21 days in which to pay the penalty or
request a court hearing.
If the penalty is paid all liability for the offence is discharged and there is no criminal record.
If a court hearing is requested the process defaults to a standard prosecution.
If no action is taken within the 21 day period then a fine of one and a half times
the penalty is automatically registered (without the need for a court case) against the penalty
notice recipient. The fine will be enforced in the same way as any other fine by the courts.
PNDs were piloted1 and rolled out nationally during late 2003 and 2004, as a response to both
the police and the Government wanting a speedy and effective alternative option for dealing
with low-level nuisance offending that does not warrant attendance at court.
The Penalty Notice for Disorder (PND) scheme is based on the long standing Fixed Penalty
Notice scheme for road traffic offences. PNDs are issued to individuals and there is no
requirement for an admission of guilt nor is a conviction recorded against the subject.
PNDs are issued to individuals who commit specified penalty offences.
The PND scheme includes offences within 2 separate tariffs subject to penalties of £50 and £80,
Section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986. (Referred to throughout the report as Section 5)
Section 1 Theft Act 1968 (retail theft)2. (Referred to throughout the report as theft)
Section 1(1) Criminal Damage Act 19713. (Referred to throughout the report as criminal
damage)
These three offences are all in the higher, £80 tariff and are all recordable4 and notifiable
offences that count as both a Sanction Detection5 and Offence Brought to Justice (OBTJ)6.
The effective usage, recording and counting of PNDs are key factors in contributing to the PSA 1
target to bring 1.25m offences to justice by 2007/08.
