Man fined £500 for fly-tipping offence

A man has been ordered to pay more than £500 by magistrates for a fly-tipping offence in Llandysul.
Nicholas Aron Lloyd, aged 27, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty by post to an offence contrary to Section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
Carmarthen Magistrates Court heard that in September last year the council’s environmental enforcement unit received a complaint that household waste had been dumped at the entrance to the Welsh Water Sewage Disposal Works in Llandysul.
Officers attended the incident and found a quantity of household waste including a TV. They traced it to a nearby rented property.
They contacted the landlord who explained that household waste had been left in the garden by a previous tenant. However, the landlord had contacted the tenant to remove the waste so that her deposit could be returned.
The officers visited the tenant at her new address and showed her a picture of the waste. She confirmed it was her waste left in the garden of her previous property and that it was her brother who had removed it.
The officers interviewed Lloyd who admitted dumping the waste at the entrance to the sewage works.
He was fined £120 by magistrates and ordered to pay £400 towards prosecution costs plus a £20 victim surcharge.
Executive Board Member for Environmental and Public Protection Cllr Jim Jones said: “We take these types of offences very seriously. Fly-tipping is a blight on the landscape and is harmful to both the environment and to animals.
“We will not hesitate to prosecute those responsible.”