Woman fined after her rubbish dumped in street by fly-tipper she paid without checking
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA woman has been fined after an ugly pile of her rubbish was left dumped on a residential street by a fly-tipper. Council bosses said Shanaz Hutchinson, 25, hired an unlicensed waste carrier and failed to carry out any background checks before employing them.
Rubbish she had paid to have removed from her home was found discarded less than four miles away. Rochdale council said Hutchinson, of Curzon Close, Kirkholt, Rochdale, appeared at Manchester and Salford magistrates' court on May 6, where she pleaded guilty to one offence contrary to Section 34(2A) of the Environmental Protection Act (1990).
On February 1 last year, the council's enforcement team discovered a large pile of fly-tipped waste on Greenbank Road, Syke - which included a single bed base, children's furniture and, crucially, correspondence addressed to her.
The council said Hutchinson declined the opportunity to attend an interview in connection with the dumped rubbish but admitted by telephone to employing someone who she paid cash to remove the waste for her.
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