Non-payment of court fines: When crime does not pay

People whose job it is to administer the lower reaches of our courts service could be forgiven if from time to time they thought about a career switch to a line of work that might give them a greater sense of achievement.

Official papers released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request suggest that working in the offices responsible for enforcing fines imposed by the courts could be fairly likened to the futile labours of Sisyphus.