By Two more fly-tippers in Grimsby fined after being caught dumping rubbish on CCTV
Two more fly-tippers in Grimsby have been prosecuted for dumping rubbish illegally after being caught on CCTV.
Steven Vines, 34, of Tunnard Street was seen on CCTV arriving in a black Mazda at Garibaldi Street car park last January, where he dumped rubbish including a large cardboard box, a black bin bag and a carrier bag next to the car park recycling bins.
They returned to the car park about 20 minutes later and dumped more rubbish before driving away.
The car was traced to Jessica Hann, 29, of Tunnard Street, Grimsby. Although Hann was not in the car at the time of the offences, she was fined at an earlier hearing because her car was used to fly-tip waste illegally.
At that hearing, Hann was fined £200, ordered to pay a £32 victim surcharge and £202 in costs, making a total of £434.
When the car was traced, an environmental enforcement officer visited the address and identified Vines from the CCTV footage.
He was invited to attend a voluntary interview regarding the fly-tipping, but failed to attend.
Vines was then sent a fixed penalty notice for £400 last August. When an officer visited the address again in December, Hann made it clear they would not pay and would not attend court.
When Vines failed to attend court, a warrant was issued for his arrest. He appeared at Grimsby Magistrates’ Court on 23 July 2021 and was fined £70.
In a separate case, Scott Shreeve, 31, of Yarborough Road pleaded guilty to two fly-tipping offences at Garibaldi Street car park on Boxing Day 2018 and Boxing Day 2019.
In the first incident, CCTV identified Shreeve emptying rubbish from the boot of his black Renault Megane next to the car park recycling bins.
Exactly a year later, he was again captured on CCTV dumping rubbish from a red Ford Focus.
Shreeve admitted the offences when he was interviewed under caution in June last year.
He was given a Fixed Penalty Notice in order to discharge his liability and avoid appearing in court, but he failed to pay within the specified time.
Shreeve was fined £515 at the rate of £25 per week. No order was made for costs.
Councillor Ron Shepherd, portfolio holder for safer and stronger communities at North East Lincolnshire Council, said: “If you fly-tip in North East Lincolnshire we will fine you.
“It costs the area’s taxpayers tens of thousands of pounds each year to clean up rubbish people have dumped illegally.
“Posters or signs at all our recycling banks give clear warnings about CCTV and the implications of leaving waste next to the bins.
“In both these cases, the rubbish could have been taken to the tip for free, there was absolutely no need to dump it in a car park.
“Both offenders had the opportunity to pay a fixed penalty notice for the offences, but both failed to do so and ended up in court.”
