Gosport man told to cough up more than £3,500 at court for fly-tipping glass after being caught on CCTV

Adrian Ward, 55, of Cochrane Close, Gosport, pleaded guilty at Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court to fly-tipping at Wingate Road Industrial Estate.

He was fined £2,500 and told to pay costs of £820 and a victim surcharge of £181.

A Gosport Borough Council CCTV camera picked up Ward dumping the glass from a truck in September last year. The number plate was traced and council officers tracked him down.

Councillor Philip Raffaelli, chairman of the council's Community Board, said: ‘We use CCTV to deter people from committing these crimes and will not hesitate to prosecute any offenders we identify.

‘The fine in this case shows the court takes fly-tipping as seriously as we do. I hope it will make others think twice before disposing of waste illegally.’

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