City of Wolverhampton Council is issuing the warning as part of its dedicated
Shop a Tipper crackdown which has seen two court cases brought against
residents who failed to assist with fly tipping investigations.
Under the crackdown, CCTV has been placed at hot spots across the city.
Repeated incidents of fly tipping were caught on camera at locations in
Whitmore Reans and Blakenhall earlier this year.
CCTV captured footage of two residents believed to have been connected to
the incidents and they were issued with hand delivered notices under the
Environment Act 1995. The notices required them to attend interviews at the
Civic Centre or to make contact for alternative appointments.
Neither resident attended or replied, which prevented the council pursuing its
investigations. As a result, the council then prosecuted them for failing to
cooperate and comply with the notices.
Faith Lawrence Nnebedum and Samuel Viorel Silaghi were prosecuted in
separate hearings at Dudley Magistrates Court. They each faced a charge of
breaching Section 110 of the Environment Act 1995.
Nnebedum, of Leicester Street, pleaded guilty and was given a conditional
discharge for 12 months. She was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of
£26 and £600 towards the council’s costs.
Silaghi did not appear in court and the case was proved in his absence. He
was fined £660 and ordered to pay a £264 victim surcharge. The council was
awarded full costs of £1,755.08.
The costs awarded to the council will be reinvested back into the
environmental crime service, helping to bring people to justice who fail to
dispose of their waste correctly.
In the case of Nnebedum, security camera images of a woman carrying items
into a walkway in Leicester Street, Whitmore Reans, had been shared by the
council on local lampposts.
