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| Cllr Ron Shepherd - council determined to crack down on fly-tippers |
NORTH East Lincolnshire Council has secured the conviction of a man after his car was used to fly-tip waste at a bring to recycling bank in Grimsby.
Wayne Kiss(37), of Wroxham Avenue, Grimsby, pleaded guilty to an offence under the Environmental Protection Act.
The offence dates back to April 2 last year when the defendant's black Citroen C2 vehicle was caught on CCTV arriving at Fisherman’s Wharf.
An occupant of the car took cardboard boxes from the vehicle, dumped them next to the recycling bins, then drove away.
The person fly-tipping the rubbish could not be identified from the footage, but enforcement officers were able to trace the vehicle to the defendant.
He was sent a fixed penalty notice on November 24 last year but, after failing to pay the fine, he was summonsed to appeared before Grimsby magistrates on December 9.
The Bench fined Kiss £200 and ordered him to pay a £34 victim surcharge but did not order him to pay a contribution towards costs because he had spent a day in custody.
Following the case, Cllr Ron Shepherd, NELC's portfolio holder for safer and stronger communities, commented:
"We will not tolerate fly-tipping in our borough.
"All incidents are investigated and, where there is enough evidence, we will take legal action."
He continued: "Even where a person does not personally fly-tip waste, he or she is responsible in the eyes of the law should their vehicle be used by anyone to transport waste that is found to have been illegally dumped.
"It costs taxpayers in North East Lincolnshire tens of thousands of pounds each year to clear up illegally dumped waste.
"The rubbish could easily have been taken to the tip for free and disposed of correctly - there was no need to dump it."
* Over the years, Fisherman’s Wharf has regularly attracted fly-tippers. For that reason, the recycling bank was removed in May last year.
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