Witness goaded to report fly-tipping
A van driver who challenged a resident to report him for fly-tipping has been ordered to pay more than £800 after being prosecuted.
Alan Henderson was seen tipping turf and soil, and told the witness to go ahead and tell environment officers what he had done because they would not take action against him.
However, Charnwood Borough Council officials did act when they were informed of the incident, and took the fly-tipper to court.
Henderson (45) of Rennes Close, Ashby, admitted a fly-tipping charge when he appeared before Leicester magistrates.
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He admitted dumping the waste in Sandhole Lane, Shepshed, on Tuesday, October 9.
In a statement to council officers, Henderson said: "I did have a permit to drop some waste, which I was doing, but I had some soil which they didn't take… and I dropped it there.
"I realise it's not the right thing to do but I took an opportunity. I've never dropped anything non-organic."
In court, Henderson apologised for the offence, saying he justified it in his mind by thinking it was just a few barrels of organic waste.
After receiving a summons which ordered him to remove the waste, it took Henderson 45 minutes to clean the area and correctly dispose of the material.
Magistrates fined him £400 and ordered him to pay court costs of £402.29.
Alan Twells, the council's head of regulatory services, said: "The council is committed to tracing fly-tippers and prosecuting them."
Anyone who witnesses fly-tipping should report it to the council on 01509 634563.
3 Comments
by krankenhaus
Wednesday, March 20 2013, 10:35AM
“The truth obviously hurts doesn't it Alan?”
by jimbob6163
Wednesday, March 13 2013, 7:33PM
“The resident should be given a reward and the tipper pay for it, well done the council a few more cases like this and tipping might stop”
by LaPetomane
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 9:20AM
“Great action by a community spirited individual. Full marks to the council for acting on the testimony of that individual.
However reading between the lines it sounds partly as if Henderson at least has some distorted sense of responsibility by acknowledging about not tipping non organic waste. Clearly he could be traced by his properly registered works van. He is probably not the worst of society. We all know that many of these fly tippers are charlatan odd job men, running bogus companies from a mobile phonenumber whose names change every year, cash in hand, vehicles unregistered properly and never pay any tax. Guess who i am on about.”