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Repeat Offenders Caught Fishing in Banned Reserve
20 May
Summary
- Two men were caught fishing in a nature reserve they were banned from.
- They were each fined £85 for breaching a court order.
- Their actions caused stress to nature and injury to vulnerable species.
Two individuals, Luke Douglas and Layton Janes, have been fined for illegally fishing at Idle Valley Nature Reserve in Retford, Nottinghamshire. The pair were found with four fishing rods on the lake, despite having a criminal behaviour order prohibiting them from entering the site and possessing fishing equipment in the Bassetlaw district.
Douglas, 24, and Janes, 30, pleaded guilty to breaching the order at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on Thursday, where they were each fined £85. Police noted that such actions cause environmental damage, stress to nature, injury to vulnerable species, and undermine recovery projects. The reserve has also faced issues with litter and staff rudeness.
