THE number of offenders fined by the procurator-fiscal service who failed to make even a single payment jumped by a third last year, the Labour Party has claimed.
Community safety spokesman James Kelly said figures showed there were more than 5000 cases where nothing was paid and more than £1 million in fines was outstanding.
It is set against a backdrop of an increase of 29% in fiscal fines, fiscal compensation offers and the cash involved in fiscal combined offers.
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