Brothers each told to pay £760 after being caught fly-tipping in Peterborough
Two brothers have each been ordered to pay £760 after being caught dumping household waste in a residential area of Peterborough.
Florin and Nicusor Ionescu were caught on CCTV as they left bags and boxes of household waste in South Street, Eastgate, in March last year.
Peterborough City Council say the incident was captured on CCTV by the council's control room operators and an investigating officer was able to locate the offenders' address.
Both men were offered the opportunity to pay a fixed penalty notice but refused, so the council proceeded with prosecutions.
A hearing took place at Peterborough Magistrates' Court recently where both men pleaded guilty to fly-tipping.
Each were fined £400 and ordered to pay costs of £200 and a victim surcharge of £160.
They are the latest offenders to be named and shamed as part of Peterborough City Council's Love Where You Live campaign aimed at tackling fly-tipping and littering.
Afterwards, Councillor Chris Wiggin, the council’s cabinet member for environment, said: "Once again, this successful prosecution shows that we take fly-tipping extremely seriously and will take action against anyone committing it or neglecting their duty of care to dispose of waste properly.
"It also demonstrates the positive joint working between our CCTV operators, enforcement officers and neighbourhood police teams who actively work to hold fly-tippers to account.
"I want to remind residents that there are several ways to get rid of waste legally, such as by visiting our Household Recycling Centre in Fengate, using a licensed waste company or our free bulky waste collections."
The council’s Love Where You Live campaign highlights how litter and fly-tipping damage the environment, harm wildlife, costs substantial money and spoils the place we call home.
The campaignemphasises that everyone has a part to play in tackling the problems and that by disposing of litter and waste properly, residents can help the council save money and create cleaner and stronger communities.
Anyone who witnesses someone fly-tipping, should call the police on 999 and report it as a crime in progress.
All instances of fly-tipping on public land should also be reported to us as the local waste authority, whether you witnessed the fly-tipping taking place or not.