normskib
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According to the Richmond and Twickenham Times a man from Kingston has been fined £5000 after he moored his boat on the stretch of the river Thames owned by the EA Stephen Crow moored his 85 foot and powered houseboat hope 5 to the EA Riverbanks at Wharton for what the agency called periods far longer than the maximum 24 hours allowed on that part of the river Thames are cool heard how the EA subsequently began issuing him with notices as far back as May 2019 directing crow to move the vessel on eventually the EA launched legal proceedings at Steins magistrate court Crow pleaded guilty to not complying with the directions of the harbourmaster he told the court he had sold the boat in June 2021 and was given a conditional discharge 12 for 12 months and ordered to pay £5000 towards the EA’s costsAnd the victim surcharge of £22 . Could this be the start of something big or just a flash in the pan .