A man from Beverley has received a £1,100 fine after dumping waste including a sofa and a wooden fireplace on a grassed area near his home.
Mark Robinson, of Watts Road, Beverley, also left cardboard boxes, a wooden cabinet and other waste on the site.
Robinson was found guilty in his absence of illegally abandoning household waste when the case was heard at Beverley Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 26 April.
He was fined £1,100 and was ordered to pay £389.64 costs and a victim surcharge of £440 – a total of £1,929.64.
The court heard, following several reports of fly-tipping, a streetscene enforcement officer visited a site in Watts Road, Beverley, on December 8th last year.
The officer found the sofa, fireplace, cabinet, boxes and other waste dumped on the grass area near the flats. He also found evidence relating to Robinson and launched an investigation.
After Robinson did not respond to the officer’s contact, the case was sent to court.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council continues to remind residents they are responsible for disposing of their own waste properly and legally by using their household bins or by taking rubbish to their local household waste recycling site.
For larger loads they can also hire a licensed waste carrier to take the rubbish away, or they can use the council’s own bulky waste collection service.
Carl Skelton, acting director of streetscene services at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “Thanks to residents reporting this fly-tipping to us, we were able to prosecute and fine the person responsible.
“We will investigate fly-tipping incidents and always take action when we can.”
Anyone caught fly-tipping could be ordered to pay a £400 fixed penalty notice, or the case could be taken to court where they face an unlimited fine or even imprisonment.
