5:46pm Tuesday 9th March 2010
By Carl Brown
A COMPANY has been fined £1,500 for dumping rubbish in a Walthamstow street.
CCTV cameras captured a white van registered to Fieldstone Commerce Ltd dumping rubbish in Grange Road late at night on October 18.
Receipts in a large pile of rubbish also linked the waste to the company and the van was later spotted in nearby Station Road and traced to Fieldstone Commerce Ltd owner Ibrahim Altun.
Waltham Forest Magistrates Court yesterday found the company guilty of unlawful waste disposal and ordered it to pay £1,000 costs and a fine of £1,500.
Cllr Afzal Akram, council cabinet member for enforcement, said: “I am delighted that the courts have handed down a harsh penalty to these fly-tippers.
"Fly-tipping is a disgusting crime which blights our community and costs us all hundreds of thousands of pounds to clear up each year.
“This prosecution will send out a strong message that this sort of behaviour will not be tolerated in Waltham Forest and act as a warning to others who feel it is acceptable to uses our streets as a dumping ground."
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