Lord Peter Mandelson is set to be fined up to £300 for public urination in London, however Kensington and Chelsea council is unable to find a suitable address to send the fixed penalty notice to.
The council has told the BBC it is “looking to issue” a fixed penalty notice to Lord Mandelson after the incident in November last year but “just can’t find an address”.
Lord Mandelson was sacked as the UK’s ambassador to the US last year over his ties to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and is under criminal investigation over allegations he passed market-sensitive government information to Epstein.
The BBC has approached Lord Mandelson for a response.
The former US ambassador was spotted urinating in a street in Notting Hill, west London after a late night visit to the home of former Conservative chancellor George Osborne.
The Daily Mail reported pictures of Lord Mandelson being caught short and relieving himself against a wall in the upmarket London area after leaving Osborne’s home.
The council said street enforcement officers were not at the scene of the alleged urination, so could not issue a fine at the time.
But, given the images and public quotes made about the offence, the authority said it was looking to issue a fine.
Without an official address for Lord Mandelson, the fine has not yet been issued.
The fixed penalty notice carries a fine of up to £300, reduced to £150 if paid within two weeks.
The former Labour minister has been a high profile figure in British politics for decades, playing a key role in the New Labour movement, which saw Sir Tony Blair win a landslide election victory in 1997.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer appointed Lord Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador in Washington in December 2024.
Lord Mandelson was sacked in the role last September, after Downing Street said new information about the depth of his relationship with convicted paedophile Epstein emerged.
The former ambassador was arrested at his London home in late February as part of an investigation into whether he leaked Downing Street emails and market-sensitive information to Epstein.
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