Serial Bromyard fly tipper handed suspended prison sentence

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Thursday, 2 November 2023 16:57

By Shaun Moore

A serial fly tipper from Herefordshire has been handed a suspended prison sentence.

Zackery Biddle was handed a 12-month prison sentence suspended for two years for mass fly tipping on Council land at Openfields caravan site in Bromyard.

The court heard how in December 2021, officers from Herefordshire Council’s Community Protection team discovered masses of fly tipped waste in the Woodland at Openfields, just yards from Biddle’s home address, after receiving a tip off.

Waste of all types was found, including large quantity of tyres, fridges, freezers, construction waste, furniture, canisters, commercial and general household waste.

It was revealed that witnesses had responded to waste removal services advertised on Facebook advertised under different profile names. Officers conducted a long and thorough investigation and it was found that the Facebook profiles in question had been created and verified by phone numbers belonging to Biddle, who had profited by collecting large quantities of waste in exchange for cash payments and dumping it in the woodland at Openfields.

This was not the first time Biddle had been found guilty of fly tipping, but the latest offence is one of the largest fly tipping incidents that officers of the community protection team have ever encountered.

Biddle pleaded guilty to multiple charges of fly tipping and as well as the suspended prison sentence, he was ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work and required to attend 20 days of Rehabilitation Activity.