Woman has to pay more than £1,200 after pink toy car and other rubbish is dumped in Havant

Julie Cole, of Hoe Road, Bishop’s Waltham, was up before Portsmouth magistrates after the rubbish was dumped at Broadmarsh in Southmoor Lane, Havant.

She was charged with ‘causing the the deposition of without an environmental permit of controlled waste’ without a permit, and also as a householder failing ‘to take measures to secure transfer of household waste is authorised’. The charges related to a date ‘on or before’ January 15, 2021.

She was ordered to pay more than £1,200.

Failing to attend court on two previous occasions, she pleaded guilty, saying she had paid two men who knocked her door to remove the bags of rubbish.

She admitted she did not check they were registered waste carriers and failed to ask for a receipt.

The rubbish was found by a worker from Norse South East, Havant Borough Council’s waste contractor in January last year.

Paperwork relating to Cole’s home address was in the waste and the crime was reported to the council.

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Cole was fined £400, and ordered to pay a £40 victim surcharge and £800 contribution to the council. The total amount of £1,240 could be paid at £20 per week, with any missed payments resulting in a return to court.

Councillor Narinder Bains, Havant council’s cabinet lead for community safety and transformation, said: ‘I want to say a big thank you to everyone involved in bringing this case to court. We are proud of our borough; it is not a dumping ground for other people’s waste.

‘Two thirds of fly-tipping incidents involve household waste. This waste is usually not fly-tipped by the householder but by the person or company they have paid to take it away. You have a legal responsibility to ensure the items you are disposing of are passed to a licensed waste carrier and to obtain a waste transfer note. Failure to do this, and your waste is later found fly-tipped you could end up in court too.

‘The courts take these crimes seriously and will issue fines, showing people that this is not a cheap option for waste disposal.’

To check if the waste carrier is licensed check the Environment Agency website www.environment.data.gov.uk/public-register.

For more information about fly-tipping visit www.havant.gov.uk/flytip