Two women have been caught fly-tipping in Burntwood on covert CCTV deployed by our environmental health officers.
The CCTV, which was placed in a secluded layby following concerns about fly-tipping, caught a car stopping and two women unloading garden waste from the boot.
The vehicle was then traced to an address in Walsall, and the keeper questioned. She admitted the offence and environmental health officers used their powers to require her to name her accomplice.
As an alternative to prosecuting them, the two women paid fixed penalty fines. The fixed penalty is set at £1,000 and reduced to £500 for early payment. The fines are retained by Lichfield District Council and go towards funding more enforcement activity.
A spokesperson for Lichfield District Council said:
“Although we usually prosecute fly-tippers, in this instance fixed penalties were appropriate because it involved a relatively small quantity of garden waste.
“It means the offence can be dealt with quickly and a criminal record avoided. We have no doubt the two women will have learned from this and will dispose of their waste properly in the future.
“Our environmental health officers continue to deploy covert CCTV across Lichfield district to protect our communities from fly-tipping.”