Dog fouling crackdown issues two fines in two months

A scheme set up to crackdown on dog fouling in Aberdeen has issued just two on-the-spot fines in its first two months, it has emerged.

The city council brought in private firm National Enforcement Solutions (NES) to help it deal with a rise in complaints about people not cleaning up after their pets.

Aberdeen City Council has confirmed to BBC Scotland News that between 12 February – when the initiative launched – and 14 April, two £80 fixed penalties were handed out.

But the same scheme has issued 855 fines for littering, with a total of £38,880 paid.