Man ordered to pay £700 after vehicle was used for waste dumping

A WARRINGTON man who failed to provide details of a vehicle used in illegal dumping of waste has been ordered to pay £700 in fines and costs.
Steven Wilson, 37, of Lincoln Close, Woolston, was prosecuted by the borough council for failing to provide details, when a vehicle of which he was the registered keeper was involved in waste being dumped illegally.
Magistrates were told the council received a report of a man repeatedly depositing waste illegally in and around commercial waste bins on School Brow, which are paid for by a local business. A witness provided the vehicle details to the council’s environmental crime team.
Officers were able to identify the registered keeper of the vehicle as Wilson, who was subsequently served a notice, asking him to provide the name of the driver at the time of the incident. He did not respond and was prosecuted for not providing these details.
Wilson failed to attend court and a warrant was issued for his arrest. He was arrested and put before Warrington Magistrates Court where he pleaded guilty and was fined £120, plus costs of £550 and a victim surcharge of £30.
The council’s director of public health, Dr Muna Abdel Aziz, said: “The public are our eyes and ears and can make a real difference by providing our environmental crime team with any useful information in these cases, such as vehicle make, colour and registration, or a description of the person seen committing the crime.
“We all have a responsibility to keep Warrington clean and tidy, and I would urge the public to continue to work with us to identify those who show such disregard for our borough with these actions.”