Llandeilo man fined for fly-tipping
A Llandeilo man has been fined a total of £800 for fly-tipping.
Nicky Benjamin John Lewis, aged 20, of Greenfield Place, Llandeilo, pleaded guilty to an offence under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 at Ammanford Magistrates Court.
The prosecution was brought by Carmarthenshire County Council.
The court heard that the council’s environmental enforcement officers received a complaint of waste which had been dumped in a lane just off the main A40 Llandeilo to Llandovery road, approximately two miles from Llandeilo.
It included general household waste, toys and clothes.
The complainant had also recovered evidence from the scene which identified the waste coming from a house in Llandeilo.
The investigation identified the offender to be Lewis.
He was interviewed by the officers who were told that he had been paid to remove the waste from a property in Llandeilo, but his vehicle had broken down and that it hade been easier to push the vehicle without it being loaded.
However, it became clear during the interview that Lewis had made no attempt to clear the waste he had dumped or inform any relevant authority of what he had done.
He was fined £250 by magistrates and was ordered to pay £250 in compensation to the authority for the clean-up costs as well as an additional £300 towards prosecution costs.
The council now hopes this case will act as a warning to others that anyone caught fly-tipping will be prosecuted.
More serious offences could lead to prosecution in the magistrates court and fines of up to £50,000 and/or up to five years in prison.
Executive board member for the environment Councillor Philip Hughes said: “Fly-tipping not only spoils our quality of life and enjoyment of the environment but can cause serious pollution and harm to human health as well to wildlife and farm animals. It is a blight on the landscape and can also have a detrimental effect on tourism.
“It costs the council hundreds of thousands of pounds to clean up every year, taxpayers money that could be much better spent. The council is committed to tackling fly-tipping and is serious about punishing people who break the law.”
Carmarthenshire County Council is part of Fly-tipping Action Wales, a Welsh Government initiative which includes the 22 Welsh local authorities as well as Environment Agency Wales, Keep Wales Tidy, The Countryside Council for Wales, The Forestry Commission, Network Rail, the Fire Service and Dyfed-Powys Police amongst others.
Nicky Benjamin John Lewis, aged 20, of Greenfield Place, Llandeilo, pleaded guilty to an offence under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 at Ammanford Magistrates Court.
The prosecution was brought by Carmarthenshire County Council.
The court heard that the council’s environmental enforcement officers received a complaint of waste which had been dumped in a lane just off the main A40 Llandeilo to Llandovery road, approximately two miles from Llandeilo.
It included general household waste, toys and clothes.
The complainant had also recovered evidence from the scene which identified the waste coming from a house in Llandeilo.
The investigation identified the offender to be Lewis.
He was interviewed by the officers who were told that he had been paid to remove the waste from a property in Llandeilo, but his vehicle had broken down and that it hade been easier to push the vehicle without it being loaded.
However, it became clear during the interview that Lewis had made no attempt to clear the waste he had dumped or inform any relevant authority of what he had done.
He was fined £250 by magistrates and was ordered to pay £250 in compensation to the authority for the clean-up costs as well as an additional £300 towards prosecution costs.
The council now hopes this case will act as a warning to others that anyone caught fly-tipping will be prosecuted.
More serious offences could lead to prosecution in the magistrates court and fines of up to £50,000 and/or up to five years in prison.
Executive board member for the environment Councillor Philip Hughes said: “Fly-tipping not only spoils our quality of life and enjoyment of the environment but can cause serious pollution and harm to human health as well to wildlife and farm animals. It is a blight on the landscape and can also have a detrimental effect on tourism.
“It costs the council hundreds of thousands of pounds to clean up every year, taxpayers money that could be much better spent. The council is committed to tackling fly-tipping and is serious about punishing people who break the law.”
Carmarthenshire County Council is part of Fly-tipping Action Wales, a Welsh Government initiative which includes the 22 Welsh local authorities as well as Environment Agency Wales, Keep Wales Tidy, The Countryside Council for Wales, The Forestry Commission, Network Rail, the Fire Service and Dyfed-Powys Police amongst others.
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