Man fined for using e-scooter on Offaly footpath


Did not pay fixed charge notice after being seen by garda
A FINE of €400 was imposed on a 38-year-old man for using an e-scooter on a footpath in Birr.
Garda Patrick McGee told Tullamore District Court that at 2.21pm on May 3 last at Emmet Street, Birr, he stopped Billy Parsons on an e-scooter on the foopath. A fixed charge penalty was not paid.
William Parsons, Presentation Place, Birr, was summonses for driving a powered personal transporter along or across a footway.
Garda McGee said Mr Parsons had 17 previous convictions including one for obstructing a garda and others for public order offences and criminal damage.
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