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Shepshed Fly-Tip Conviction

Posted on 04/04/2008
T. Robson

judges desk

A SHEPSHED man has become the 10th person to be successfully prosecuted by Charnwood Borough Council for fly-tipping.

 

John Skellington pleaded guilty to contravening section 33 (1)(A) and section 33 (6) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 when he appeared before Loughborough Magistrates on March 31.

 

The 46-year-old admitted leaving a tumble dryer, plus plastic, polystyrene and cardboard packaging on Carr Lane, Shepshed, on December 15th, 2007.

 

Skellington, of Glenfields, Shepshed, was tracked down by evidence left at the scene and was ordered to pay a £500 fine, £511.04 costs and a £15 victim surcharge.

 

Chris Cary, Charnwood Borough Council’s Senior Environmental Crime Enforcement Officer, was delighted with the outcome.

 

“We will do everything we can to ensure people who think they can just leave household waste anywhere in Charnwood pay the price,” he added.

 

“An overall payment of £1,000 is a lot of money to find when he could have simply taken the rubbish to the Household Waste Site in Shepshed.

 

“Alternatively, the Council offers a free of charge bulky waste collection service so there are no excuses whatsoever for this kind of behaviour.”

Cllr Mike Preston, Charnwood Borough Council’s Cabinet member for the Environment, said: “It’s good to see the hard work of the Street Management Team is still getting results.

 

“We will continue to take people to court for fly-tipping and other environmental offences and hopefully successful prosecutions like this will act as a deterrent to anyone thinking of dumping rubbish in Charnwood.”