Barnsley Council has successfully prosecuted three people for waste offences across Thurnscoe. The cases resulted in fines and costs totalling more than £3,200.
Georgia Brown, aged 27, and Martin Brown, aged 35, both of High Street, Thurnscoe, were found guilty of allowing a build-up of waste and dog faeces outside their home in breach of a Community Protection Notice. Both were fined £440 each, ordered to pay victim surcharges of £176 each, and costs of £338 each — a total of £954 per person.
Luke Congreve, aged 30, of Windsor Crescent, Scunthorpe, pleaded guilty to dumping mattresses at Windsor Square in Thurnscoe. He was fined £500, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £200 and costs of £643, totalling £1,343.
Details of the offences
Georgia and Martin Brown were prosecuted for failing to comply with a Community Protection Notice that required them to clear waste and dog faeces from the rear garden of their property, and for allowing further accumulation of waste and dog faeces. They were found guilty in their absence.
Congreve was prosecuted for knowingly depositing controlled waste — the mattresses — on land at Windsor Square without the authority of a current waste management permit.
Council response
Cabinet spokesperson for Communities Councillor Sam Burdett said: "Everyone in Barnsley deserves to live in a clean, safe and welcoming community, free from anti-social behaviour and environmental crime.
"The overwhelming majority of residents take pride in where they live, respect their neighbours and dispose of their waste responsibly. Those who choose to commit environmental crime do the exact opposite.
"I welcome these successful prosecutions and the sentences imposed by the courts. They send a clear message that Barnsley Council will take a zero-tolerance approach to environmental crime. If you choose to dump waste illegally, you can expect to be investigated, prosecuted, and held accountable."
Residents can report fly-tipping through Barnsley Council's flytipping webpage.
