Multiple fishing offences have cost five anglers almost £1,800 after the Environment Agency brought their cases before the courts. Three men from Newark, as well as a man from Nottingham and a man from Derby were found guilty of fishing illegally at Northampton Magistrates Court on June 3. In total the five men received total penalties of £1,796 for offences including fishing without a licence, leaving their rod and line unattended in the water and fishing with multiple rods and lines at a distance exceeding three metres. Robert Ghitulescu, 42, of Lime Grove, Newark was proven guilty in absenc…
