Fly-tipper caught dumping freezer in middle of street 'didn’t know it was illegal'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA man who hired a van to dump a fridge freezer in the middle of a Salford street told council officers 'sorry, I didn’t know it was illegal'.
Benjamin Obejo pleaded guilty to illegally dumping a fridge freezer, black bin bags and other items on land at Harding Street, Salford, when he appeared at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court today (Thursday, February 10).
The defendant, of Silsden Walk, Salford, was fined £200 and ordered to pay costs of £1000 and a victim surcharge of £34. READ MORE: Huge poster of Boris Johnson in 'party hat' appears in Manchester The court heard that officers from Salford City Council’s CCTV team saw the driver and passenger of the liveried rented van dumping the fridge freezer, bin bags, and other waste, on land at Harding Street, just after 11pm on Tuesday September 15, 2020.
Officers traced Obejo, 45, as the person who had hired the van and he was interviewed under caution. He admitted hiring the van, dumping the household waste and, when asked to explain why he had not disposed of the waste properly at a household waste recycling centre he said: “It was late.
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