Woman clocked-up nearly £4,000 in fines for using TV without a licence
Chesterfield magistrates’ court heard how Tina Nicholson, 47, had fines going back to 2014 amounting to £3,801, and that she had paid only £535 leaving a balance of £3,266.
The money was to be paid back from benefits in 2016 but the payments ceased in April, 2017 after she found work, according to the court.
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Hide AdNicholson explained she had been struggling financially, that she only received a weekly wage of £120 and was having to pay her mother’s funeral costs.
Magistrates ordered Nicholson, of Gladstone Street, Glossop, to pay £10 a fortnight and adjourned the matter until June 11 to review the case and to consider reducing the overall amount owed.