A 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.
