Mandelson to be hit with fine of up to £300 for urinating in the street
Peter Mandelson will be fined up to £300 after he was photographed urinating on the street last year.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) has confirmed it plans to issue a fixed penalty notice once it finds a suitable address for the disgraced peer.
Images published for the first time Daily Mail It showed the former US ambassador relieving himself against a wall in Notting Hill shortly before 11pm on November 12.
Lord Mandelson also faces a separate police investigation over his links to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
On Friday, RBKC confirmed it planned to impose the penalty. Sun – after a “suitable address” has been obtained for the spouse.
Individuals will be fined £300 if they are caught urinating in public in the borough, but this can be reduced to £150 if paid within two weeks of receiving the fine.
Lord Mandelson “apologised profusely” when footage of him urinating on the street was first published last year.
“I was stood up by two Uber drivers and made to stand on the street for half an hour and I was about to explode. There is nothing that can hide my shame,” he said. Daily Mail.
Lord Mandelson was sacked last year after new revelations about the depth and extent of his relationship with Epstein emerged in the media, raising significant questions about Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to appoint him.
Both Lord Mandelson and the former Duke of York, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, were arrested last month on suspicion of misconduct in public office over their links to the pedophilia financier.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said in a statement last week that both had been released pending investigation and that prosecutors had now “provided early investigative advice” to police as they conducted their investigation.
Meanwhile, lawmakers moved in February to mandate the release of tens of thousands of documents amid questions about how much was known about Lord Mandelson’s connections to Epstein before he was handed the Washington job.
The first tranche of documents related to the decision were released earlier this month following MPs’ demand for transparency, with more to come.
Lord Mandelson will be asked to hand over messages from his personal phone as part of the disclosure of files, after concerns grew that conversations about the appointment could be lost after former No 10 chief of staff Morgan McSweeney’s mobile phone was stolen last year.
Lord Mandelson’s representatives have been contacted for comment.
