Serial fly-tipper prosecuted for dumping waste

A man have been found guilty of two counts of fly-tipping in Herefordshire.

George Bradley also failed in his duty of care when collecting a trailer full of waste that he had been paid to take away.

Hereford Magistrates Court heard in May 2020, Bradley had been paid £120 to take away house clearance waste from a property in Lydney but dumped it along Clay Hill in Dormington and at the side of a country lane in Pixley.

Bradley, who had a previous conviction for fly-tipping, was given a 12-month community order, 150 hours of unpaid work and was ordered to pay costs of £2,066.

He was also handed a victim surcharge of £95 for two counts of fly-tipping and failing to transfer the waste to an authorised person and not producing waste transfer notes.