Trimsaran woman dumped rubbish
A Trimsaran woman has been prosecuted for dumping rubbish over her neighbour’s garden fence when she moved home.
Donna Louise Calford pleaded guilty at Ammanford Magistrates Court on Monday to an offence contrary to Section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. The prosecution was brought by Carmarthenshire County Council.
The court was told that on Wednesday October 15, 2008, environmental enforcement officers were dealing with an unrelated problem at a house in Heol Llanelli, Trimsaran, when the owner of the house told them that black refuse sacks had been dumped on her land.
The officers checked the garden and saw a large amount of waste had been dumped, including soiled nappies and broken pieces of furniture. A rummage search was carried out and evidence relating to 22-year-old Calford at a previous address was found.
Also found were the building instruction to a childs trampoline. There was a similar trampoline in the rear garden of the house in Pant y Gino which backs onto it. The officers discovered that Calford had moved out and was now living further down the village.
The court was told that Calford said that she had placed the rubbish behind her fence for her father to remove. At no time during the investigation did she express regret over the incident, nor did she volunteer to remove the refuse sacks from the garden.
Calford, now of Heol Morlais, Trimsaran, was given a 12 month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £120 towards prosecution costs.
Council executive board member for the environment Cllr Haydn Jones said: “The council is committed to tackling fly tipping, which blights the landscape. We are serious about punishing people who flout the law.”
Donna Louise Calford pleaded guilty at Ammanford Magistrates Court on Monday to an offence contrary to Section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. The prosecution was brought by Carmarthenshire County Council.
The court was told that on Wednesday October 15, 2008, environmental enforcement officers were dealing with an unrelated problem at a house in Heol Llanelli, Trimsaran, when the owner of the house told them that black refuse sacks had been dumped on her land.
The officers checked the garden and saw a large amount of waste had been dumped, including soiled nappies and broken pieces of furniture. A rummage search was carried out and evidence relating to 22-year-old Calford at a previous address was found.
Also found were the building instruction to a childs trampoline. There was a similar trampoline in the rear garden of the house in Pant y Gino which backs onto it. The officers discovered that Calford had moved out and was now living further down the village.
The court was told that Calford said that she had placed the rubbish behind her fence for her father to remove. At no time during the investigation did she express regret over the incident, nor did she volunteer to remove the refuse sacks from the garden.
Calford, now of Heol Morlais, Trimsaran, was given a 12 month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £120 towards prosecution costs.
Council executive board member for the environment Cllr Haydn Jones said: “The council is committed to tackling fly tipping, which blights the landscape. We are serious about punishing people who flout the law.”
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