Fine dodgers in Medway will be forced to pay up

COURT fine dodgers could have money taken directly from benefit payments or wages during a month long crackdown in Medway.

Under the scheme Her Majesty's Courts Service will also employ bailiffs to visit homes and seize goods to the value of the outstanding fine and offenders could face a jail term.

Time in Medway Magistrates' Court has been put aside specifically to deal with fine debt cases.

Julia Eeles, HMCS area director for Kent, Surrey and Sussex, said: "Our message to fine dodgers is clear: if you've been fined, we will find you.

"The courts will do everything within their powers to trace those who do not pay."

Fines can be paid via the National Fine Payment Line on 0300 790 9901 or online at www.direct.gov.uk/payacourtfine.