Birmingham man fined £3,905 for fly-tipping in Barkingside
Martin Stokes was caught on CCTV dumping mattresses and a fridge-freezer outside a bingo hall in East London.
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Martin Stokes, 30, has been ordered to pay £3,905 following a fly-tipping incident outside Buzz Bingo Hall in Barkingside. The Birmingham resident was found guilty of fly-tipping and failing to name the driver of his vehicle at Barkingside Magistrates' Court. The court order requires him to pay fines, court costs, council costs, and cleaning fees to the venue.
CCTV footage captures illegal dumping
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CCTV footage from the bingo hall recorded a yellow van entering the car park. The footage showed a male driver and a passenger exiting the vehicle to dump waste before driving away quickly. The discarded items included mattresses, a fridge-freezer, cardboard, and glass panels. Redbridge Council officers identified Stokes as the owner of the van by using the licence plate captured in the video.
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Stokes had previously ignored a £1,000 fixed penalty notice issued by the council. He also failed to comply with requests to identify the driver of the van. This led to criminal charges against him. Redbridge Council officers noted that Stokes was prosecuted last year for two separate fly-tipping offences in the borough, which cost him over £2,000 in fines.
“This prosecution should serve as a warning that fly-tipping will not be tolerated in Redbridge.”
Councillor Sunny Brar, Redbridge cabinet member
Councillor Sunny Brar said that the council will use the full force of the law to track down and prosecute offenders. The councillor added that the council aims to ensure resident money is invested in communities rather than being used for cleaning up illegal dumping.
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