Westminster City Council takes action in street clean-up campaign

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A second person has been prosecuted as a result of Westminster City Council's drive against people using the streets as a toilet.A man was fined £50...

A second person has been prosecuted as a result of Westminster City Council's drive against people using the streets as a toilet.

A man was fined £50 and ordered to pay £50 costs by Horseferry Road Magistrates for urinating in the street.

Jesus Marmolejo, aged 33, was spotted by a council enforcement officer urinating in a doorway in the early hours in Hanover Square, in July (pictured)​.

In a letter to the court, he pleaded guilty to breaching a council by-law but said the offence was "entirely out of character".

Councillor Judith Warner, Westminster Council's Cabinet Member for Street Environment, said: "We have long been concerned about the problem of people - mostly men - urinating in the street. It is a disgusting and unnecessary habit.

"It causes foul odours and serious damage to property. Many buildings in Westminster suffer damage from continuous urination by people who will not use lavatories.

"We will name and shame the culprits whenever the opportunity occurs," Councillor Warner added.

Westminster council has introduced remote control pop-up toilets to stamp out street urination in the capital.

The new UriLifts can be found at Villiers Street near Embankment and will be installed in Cambridge Circus, near Soho.

They are stored under the pavement during the day and rise in the evening from 7pm through to 6am.

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