 | An angler from Gloucester has been fined over £1,000 for fishing licence offences. Luke McLarney, 44 and of Painswick Road, was prosecuted for fishing without a valid licence, as well as refusing to give personal details to an Environment Agency official. |
McLarney was absent and failed to enter a plea during a hearing at Swindon Magistrates Court on Wednesday, September 13. The court heard how he refused to give his name and address when asked by a fisheries enforcement officer from the Environment Agency on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, near Hardwicke, on March 10 this year.
The 44-year-old was prosecuted and fined £440 for that offence and a further £220 for not having a valid fishing licence. In addition, he was ordered to pay a victim’s surcharge of £264 and costs of £135.
Nichola Tomlinson, the Fisheries Enforcement team leader for the Environment Agency in the West Midlands, said: “We hope this penalty imposed by the court will act as a deterrent to anyone who is thinking of breaking the laws and byelaws for angling in England.
The 44-year-old was prosecuted and fined £440 for that offence and a further £220 for not having a valid fishing licence. In addition, he was ordered to pay a victim’s surcharge of £264 and costs of £135.
Nichola Tomlinson, the Fisheries Enforcement team leader for the Environment Agency in the West Midlands, said: “We hope this penalty imposed by the court will act as a deterrent to anyone who is thinking of breaking the laws and byelaws for angling in England.
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