Tourist fined for Defacating in Motueka: Will he pay the fine?
URL re story at the end:
I see that he was issued fines totalling $400. However I don't think the story ends nicely there. Will he pay the fine or just skip out of the country and the matter be written off because of this?
If someone is issued a fine e.g Infringement notice/ parking ticket etc. they will probably have 4 weeks to respond to the notice of fine before the process to file it at a District Court will start. Then another few weeks before the hearing. If there is no proof of service (as the person is long gone from our shores)- the matter will be withdrawn by the prosecuting agency.
The reason I ask this as I worked in the Supermarket industry for 10 years prior to retirement in 2016. We had numerous Freedom Campers caught stealing by our security. The Police were always called but invariably no charges were laid by the Police because they know the person would skip the country prior to the case being heard by a Judge. Some Offenders even boasted about this as it was common knowledge amongst them via Social Media.
For the story re the Defacator see this URL:
www.nzherald.co.nz...
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